TNA meets with Commonwealth Secretary General

The Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland who is currently on a four day official visit of the island, met with the TNA leader R Sampanthan today. 

Highlighting the ongoing situation of the Tamil people, a TNA press statement said that Mr Sampanthan had told her that although the armed conflict had ended the Tamil people did not have true peace. 

Mr Sampanthan also drew attention to the families of the disappeared demonstrating for the whereabouts of their missing loved ones and the military's ongoing occupation of private lands in the North-East. 

He stressed the need for a new constitution in order to expedite reforms. 

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