The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) will contest all five electoral districts in the North-East in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election, the party leader, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam told reporters on Tuesday.
Nominations for Amparai were registered on Monday, Mr Ponnambalam said, adding that nominations in other districts would be filed over the next few days. Nominations in Jaffna district will be filed on the final day for all nominations, July 13.
The TNPF will be putting forward candidates who are influential and in line with the policies the Tamil people have followed for the last 60 years, he said, adding that the party's election manifesto will outline the TNPF's policies, including the need to resolve the Tamil people's basic problems and to find a solution based on their right to self-determination.
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