Sri Lanka’s Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a major Sinhala nationalist party in President Sirisena’s ruling coalition, said the resolution passed by the Northern Provincial Council, calling for an international probe and prosecutions of those responsible for genocide, is a “huge blow” to the country’s unity, harmony and reconciliation, reported the Daily Mirror.
“The Tamil people were deprived of their right to participate in elections by the LTTE. But they were able to cast their vote at the January 8 presidential electionfor the first time after 1982 even though some groups such as the Tamil Diaspora conspired with the former government to carry out a boycott of the election by the Tamils in the North and East. Certain separatist groups are using this resolution to create divisions between the Sinhalese and the Tamils,” he said.
The party’s national organiser Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe told media the LTTE should be held responsible if Tamil rights were violated.
Mr Warnasinghe, whose party is led by Buddhist monks, called on the TNA to join the all-party government, without “isolating” the Tamil people.
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