TNA delegation to meet President

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa shortly for discussions on its future political plans, General Secretary Mavai Senadhirajah said.

He also said that the people of the North had expressed their confidence in the party at the recently-held Local Government polls in Jaffna and Vavuniya. A delegation of party Parliamentarians would shortly meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss the problems of nearly 300,000 IDPs housed in welfare centres in Vavuniya, their early resettlement in their own homes and the question of a political settlement to the Tamil problem.

At the recent meeting of the Development and Rehabilitation Committee for the North, they indicated their desire to meet the President and it was agreed. The party has also furnished the names of members of the delegation that would meet the President, Senadhirajah said.

The discussions will centre mainly on the sufferings and problems of the IDPs in welfare centres in Vavuniya and the need for their early resettlement in their own homes in their villages, he said. The TNA has already initiated measures to obtain humanitarian assistance for the IDPs from the Government and foreign countries and the TNA delegation would hold detailed discussions with the President on these matters, he stated.

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