Namini Wijedasa, Jan 11
Free movement of all persons without being impeded by security and police; areas of civilian activity to be free of weapons; security forces to be stationed only at strategic locations; restoration of fishing rights; no ‘kappang’ to be levied by anyone; and train services to the Jaffna Peninsula.Fifty years after independence, Sri Lanka’s Tamil population is being wooed at a crucial election by a presidential candidate who is offering them some elementary liberties that should have been a given by now.
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