Sri Lankan military forces should no longer carry out civilian tasks within Jaffna, the Jaffna Municipal Council has said.
A resolution, put forward by TNPF councillor V. Manivannan and passed on Wednesday by the council, said there was no need for military forces to carry out civilian tasks within the council’s administrative border.
"We are demanding that the military, which is occupying Tamil people's lands in the North, should leave from here,” the Council said.
“By using the military for events that take place here, it is like we are permitting their presence here."
