“A lot of people could not come to politics from the North. The Tamil leadership was either destroyed or others were prevented from coming to politics. Many of them left and went abroad to join the diaspora.”
“The campaign carried out by the LTTE was not only against Colombo but we all know it was also against Jaffna,” he said.
He stated that therefore such an era should not be allowed to return and that the Tamil leadership, of which only a few remain now, should be allowed to reach a good political solution.
“Solutions cannot be found for these issues by espousing racism and religionism. We are not prepared to hand over this issue to our future generation.”
