Sri Lanka Tamil party shocked over UNP's deviation from federalism

The leader of Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) V. Anandasangaree today expressed shock over the United National Party’s (UNP) deviation from the former federalist stance on the solution to the ethnic problem.

Issuing a statement, V. Anandasangaree said that the UNP had agreed at Oslo talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) to find a solution to the ethnic problem based on federal reforms. He says that a solution cannot be found for the ethnic issue based on unitary state framework and emphasized the need of a federal structure similar to India.

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