President to invite all parties to resolve national issues

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that soon after the April 8 general election, he would invite all political parties again for deliberations on resolving the national issues. “Soon after these parliamentary elections, I will call all leaders of political parties and start talking to them,” President Rajapaksa told The Hindu in an exclusive interview.

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‘Betraying very people they claim to represent’:

TNA has no moral right to contest polls - Anandasangaree

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) led by R. Sampanthan has no moral right to contest parliamentary elections because they entered the last Parliament fraudulently as LTTE proxies and their political life ended with the elimination of that terrorist outfit, said leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) and veteran Tamil politician V. Anandasangaree.

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Split in Opposition alliance:

JVP denies any alliance with UNP

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which was on a common political platform with the UNP at the presidential polls has strongly denied having any alliance with the UNP. The Opposition alliance, which was on a common platform to win their common candidate the former army chief General Sarath Fonseka at the presidential election, has split and the parties in the alliance including the UNP has decided to contest the forthcoming parliamentary polls alone.

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Two political parties, independent groups file nominations

With nominations for the forthcoming general elections opening on February 19, two political parties and two independent groups filed their nomination lists on Friday while other political parties and independent groups were busy finalising their nomination lists. Elections Secretariat sources told the Sunday Observer that two recognised political parties the Janasetha Peramuna and Jathika Sanwardhana Peramuna were the first to file their nominations for the forthcoming elections.

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