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The leader of the opposition, Ranil Wickremasinghe offered to mediate talks between the government and the TNA at a meeting with Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday.
Discuss the proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) the UNP leader said that the PSC "would not be meaningful" without the TNA and gave his assurance that he would bring the TNA to the PSC discussions if the government was willing to implement the LLRC recommendations.
The meeting comes shortly after Sumanthiran of the TNA slammed the government for its failure to make meaningful progress on accountabilty and implementation of the LLRC recommendations.
The government insists that the PSC requires wider participation than the SLFP or UPFA alone.
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