The former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan police to ensure the Tamil Eelam flag was not hoisted in the North ahead of Tamil national remembrance day (Maaveerar Naal) on November 27.
“Some people in the South have forgotten the importance of this week. In the past Prabakaran marked heroes’ week by attacking the south or some village. If the people are allowed to raise the LTTE [Tamil Eelam] flag it will be a case where we are falling on our knees before the LTTE,” Mr Rajapaksa was quoted by Colombo Gazette as saying.
He highlighted that his Government "never allowed people in the North and East to commemorate LTTE cadres or raise the LTTE flag."
"The LTTE heroes’ week is going to be commemorated at a time when the ban imposed on several former LTTE front groups has been lifted," he further added.
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