The recent NPC resolution calling for a re-merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces in a federal setup should be discussed in parliament, the Tamil National Alliance spokesperson MA Sumanthiran told the Island.
Mr Sumanthiran said the TNA had always stood for the merger of the two provinces and said the resolution would be presented to opposition leader R Sampanthan, speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe. The resolution was meant to be discussed and contribute towards the framing of the new constitution, he further said.
Only two Sinhala members of the NPC, namely Wannihamige Jayathilaka and Dharmapala Seneviratne of the UPFA, opposed the resolution, which passed on Friday.
NPC passes bill calling for merged federal North-East (23 April 2016)
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