A parliamentarian from the Tamil National Alliance, M.A Sumanthiran, speaking to the Sunday Leader, outlined that the government was responsible for the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) calls to abolish the 13 Amendment.
“The JHU is a constituent party in the government. It has acmember in the cabinet and therefore is bound by collective responsibility. The government is obviously behind this move, but does not have the courage to do it directly," he said.
Further commenting on the 13th Amendment, he said,
“The TNA does not regard the 13th Amendment as the final political solution. The 13th Amendment has several flaws. Pro Peiris is on record calling it ‘fundamentally flawed’. But that is still part of the constitution of the country. There is no choice but to implement it fully. When that is done the flaws in it will be exposed.”
Speaking on the solution for the ethnic issues in Sri Lanka, he ended,
“ There must be a power-sharing arrangement agreed upon that enables the Tamil People of this country to live as equal citizens with dignity and self0respct, handling their own affairs in their own areas.”