Sri Lanka’s main opposition party the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), led by Sri Lanka’s current president Maithripala Sirisena, committed to limiting any political solution from going beyond the widely criticised 13th amendment of the current Sri Lankan constitution.
The UPFA manifesto, released on Tuesday, said,
“We aim to arrive at a solution acceptable to all by strengthening the provincial and local governments by not venturing the 13A,” said the UPFA constitution.
The 13th amendment has been rejected as a starting point for a solution to the ethnic conflict by all Tamil political actors including the Tamil National People’s Front, the Tamil National Alliance and the Chief Minister of the Northern Province.
TNA manifesto calls for constitutional change that accepts Tamil right to self-determination (25 Jul 2015)
‘13A can never be the final solution’ says Chief Minister Wigneswaran (12 March 2015)
TNPF: 13A is not a starting point, interim or final solution (13 Jun 2013)
UNP rejects any political solution beyond 13A (14 Oct 2014)
Modi tells Rajapaksa to go 'beyond' 13th Amendment (27 May 2014)
TNA's promises.. (02 Oct 2013)
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