Sri Lanka's State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said that the government will never allow the LTTE to be commemorated, days before the annual Tamil remembrance day when those who died fighting for the movement are commemorated across the world.
Responding to a question about NPC Councillor Shivajilingam's recent statement about the right to commemorate Maaveerar Naal, Mr Wijewardene said,
"We cannot permit what Hon Sivajilingam has said. We will allow those who died during the war to be remembered. But we will never allow the LTTE to be commemorated."
Minister Wijewardene later tweeted, reaffirming the ban:Only last week, TNA MP Sivasakthy Ananthan said in parliament that the government should grant Tamil the right to remember the fallen LTTE cadres, whilst paying homage to the Maaveerar and others killed during the war.
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