The Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), a constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), was taken to Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday, over charges of espousing ‘separatism’.
The Supreme Court heard a petition filed against the Secretary General of the party, Mavai S. Senathirajah, claiming that since the ITAK constitution did not explicitly reject a separate state for the Tamil people, it was supporting separatism. TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran appeared for Mr Senathirajah.
The sixth amendment of Sri Lanka’s constitution outlaws any support for the establishment of a separate state, a notion that Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said would be kept in a potential new constitution his government is drafting.
The Supreme Court heard a petition filed against the Secretary General of the party, Mavai S. Senathirajah, claiming that since the ITAK constitution did not explicitly reject a separate state for the Tamil people, it was supporting separatism. TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran appeared for Mr Senathirajah.
The sixth amendment of Sri Lanka’s constitution outlaws any support for the establishment of a separate state, a notion that Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said would be kept in a potential new constitution his government is drafting.