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LTTE warns the government From the Tamil Press by Thava Sajitharan The LTTE warned yesterday that it would be compelled to re-think whether to participate in the next round of talks if the government failed to implement the proposals agreed upon at the last talks in Geneva. The LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham has given a special interview to 'Tamilnet' website in this regard. He further stated: in the event of Sri Lankan government failing to disarm the paramilitary groups and letting them to continue their attacks in the Batticaloa district, Geneva talks will face a serious threat. He accused that the Sri Lanka Army, along with other paramilitary groups contributed a great deal to the recent attacks on the LTTE sentry points in Vavunaithivu and Vakarai. (Thinakural (TK) - 14/03) *** The Jaffna University Employees Association charged yesterday that the University Grants Commission, which appointed Professor Jeevaratnam Hoole as the Vice-Chancellor of the University amidst strong protest by the University society, had appointed a person who was rejected by the Jaffna University Forum as the Chief Security Officer. The association warned it could no longer tolerate such arbitrary acts. (14/03 - TK) *** The Sri Lanka Army stopped 40 Muslims at Mukamalai who came from Jaffna to go to Palai and sent them back after subjecting them to interrogation. The group's mission was to meet the LTTE's Jaffna district political wing leader S. Ilamparithi. (TK - 14/03) **** Ceylon Workers Congress leader Arumugan Thondaman, Upcountry Peoples Front leader P.Chandrasekaran and Muslim Congress leader Rauf Hakeem will join the government and accept portfolios before the end of this week, according to credible sources. Meanwhile, several UNP Parliamentarians are also expected to cross over to the government this week. (TK -15/03) *** A Tamil National Alliance delegation will meet with the LTTE political wing leader S.P.Thamilchelvan on Monday(20) to discuss matters concerning the local government polls. The meeting will take place at the LTTE peace secretariat in Killinochi. (SudarOli (SOI) - 16/03) *** A request to set up a single polling cluster in Jaffna for the local election by the security forces was turned down by the Jaffna District Election Department. A discussion was held in Palali between security forces and Election department officials with regard to security measures of the election in the peninsula. The army suggested that a single cluster be set up in a particular location in lieu of setting up separate polling stations for each area so that they could avoid the complexity that can rise in security measures. However the request was turned down as it was not allowed by law. (SOI - 16/03) *** Tamil people living in Canada has slammed the statement issued by a US-based Human Rights Watch that said the LTTE was subjecting the expatriate Tamils to extortion and intimidation. They said the statement severely hurt the feelings of the Tamils. Toronto Star newspaper has published a news story regarding this issue. Several Tamil people refuted the statement saying it contained no truth. 'The LTTE did not obtain money by way of intimidation' they said. (TK - 17/03) |
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