TNA explains...

Explaining the reasons for the absence of the TNA parliamentarians during the vote on the 'No Confidence Motion', former Jaffna District TNA Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran told the Sunday Observer that the TNA was frustrated with the Government's attitude towards resolving problems and this could be why they were conspicuously absent from the House. "The government coalition needed the Tamil people's support to defeat the former regime. After that, they don't take an interest to solve the problems faced by the Tamil people, particularly the humanitarian issues such as, resettlement, livelihood issues, releasing political prisoners and missing children. These are the reasons for our absence at the time of voting."