Changing Sri Lanka's electoral boundaries will lead to less Tamil representation in parliament warns TNA

The Tamil National Alliance and the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress (SLMC) called on  the government to avoid implementing the delimitation of electoral boundaries in the Northern Province for the next 10 years,  until displaced people are resettled in their original lands, including those that fled the country due to conflict.

The TNA parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran, in a meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday, said that if a delimitation process was carried out now, the representation of Tamil members in Parliament would be substantially reduced, reports the Sunday Times.

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