The National Freedom Front claimed that measures taken by the new government, including appointing the Tamil National Alliance leader R Sampanthan as leader of the opposition, posed a threat to national security.
NFF spokesman Mohammed Muzammi told a press conference at party headquarters that "the national government has removed the check point at Omanthai and the High Security Zone as well as the Sampur army camp while releasing the LTTE suspects who were in remand".
Mr Muzammi went on to single out Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Patali Champika Ranwaka for remaining silent on issues of “national security” and warned that the present government was “paving the way for separatism”.
TNA leader Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is the first Tamil to hold the post of opposition leader since 1983, when Tamil leaders resigned en masse after the passing of the 6th amendment, which made it illegal to “support, espouse, promote, finance, encourage or advocate the establishment of a separate State within the territory of Sri Lanka”.
Taking up the post Mr Sampanthan said, "Our primary duty is to ensure that there is an acceptable resolution to the Tamil question".
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