Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake rejected the idea of a re-merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
Responding to a question by The Hindu on whether the two provinces be merged, Mr Karunanayake said,
“At the moment we are trying to embrace all races, all religions together. I do not think we should segregate geographically.”
A key manifesto pledge of the Tami National Alliance (TNA), who won an overwhelming majority in the North and Eastern Provinces, was to have the two provinces re-merged as a step towards a long standing political solution.
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