'Doomed to perdition'... ... if 60% of two major parties and JHU JVP constituencies disagree - H. L de Silva

'No solution (...to the National Question) will be feasible unless at least 6o per cent of the segment comprising the two major political parties and the JHU and the JVP reach an agreement, said eminent lawyer H. L. De Silva, President's Counsel, who sits on the Advisory Committee on the peace process that has been tasked to formulate a constitutional solution that will address the National Question. He said this in an excusive interview with the Sunday Observer (Page 9.)

If 60 per cent of this segment does not agree, "we shall be doomed as a nation, and the political leaders of these two (major) parties will be domed to perdition, '' he said.

No time should be wasted he added, but cautioned that "patience is all important.'' He said: 'Our people and others concerned are waiting.'