Addressing a Jaffna District Coordination Meeting recently, leader of the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam questioned why the Sri Lankan navy had allowed Indian trawlers laden with narcotics to enter the island's territorial waters.
The meeting unanimously passed a resolution condemning the government’s attacks on Ceylon Electricity Board workers and demanded the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of all suspended workers.
Wickremesinghe’s plan is simply the proposal by the major plantation companies to boost productivity while ending benefits for workers contributions to their pension funds.