The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader, R. Sampanthan warned that the party would take disciplinary action against Northern Province Councillor Ananthi Sasitharan if she did not fall in line with the party's decision to endorse the common opposition's presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the election on January 8.
Asked by the Daily Mirror about a split in the TNA over the election, following her decision not to endorse either candidate and boycott the election, Sampanthan said:
"She is just one member in the Northern Provincial Council. Why are you talking about one member? We have thirty members in the Northern Provincial Council. Why would you get excited about one member out of thirty? How do you call that a split?," Sampanthan said.
The NPC councillor Ravikaran has also said that he will not be voting for either candidate as neither address the Tamil people's concerns. NPC member M. K. Shivajilingham has also come out publicly stating that he would have wanted the TNA to stay silent and let the Tamil people themselves decide.
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Asked by the Daily Mirror about a split in the TNA over the election, following her decision not to endorse either candidate and boycott the election, Sampanthan said:
"She is bound by the decision of the TNA. I am not aware of her having made any such statement. If she is not bound by the TNA decision, disciplinary action will be taken against her.""As a member of the Provincial Council of the Northern Province and as a member elected on the TNA ticket, she is bound to comply with the decisions taken by the TNA," he added.
"She is just one member in the Northern Provincial Council. Why are you talking about one member? We have thirty members in the Northern Provincial Council. Why would you get excited about one member out of thirty? How do you call that a split?," Sampanthan said.
The NPC councillor Ravikaran has also said that he will not be voting for either candidate as neither address the Tamil people's concerns. NPC member M. K. Shivajilingham has also come out publicly stating that he would have wanted the TNA to stay silent and let the Tamil people themselves decide.
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