A Sri Lankan minister says a political solution for the Tamil people will be implemented through the proposed constitutional reforms and that the government will hold talks with Tamil parties to reach a resolution to the issue in the North-East.
Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said once the political solution is agreed, it will be included in the constitutional reforms which will be presented to parliament for approval.
“We will seek a 2/3 majority from Parliament for this,” he said.
Mr Kiriella stated that the United National Party (UNP) decided to work with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in a national government in order to solve key national questions and that this would be difficult without majority support in parliament.
He noted that both main political parties needed to work together to “face international pressure on the war crimes issue”.
“If the main two political parties are together then we can tell the UN the two main parties and the public have one stand on the issue. We can tell them to listen to what we want to say as well,” the minister said.