The Writing Is On The Wall, But The Tamil Parties Aren't Reading It
The Writing Is On The Wall, But The Tamil Parties Aren’t Reading It On December 18 th, the evening’s television newscasts showed the Minister for Public Security and the State Minister for Provincial Councils addressing a packed hall of uniformed Civil Defense Force personnel in the sensitive, Sinhala-majority district of Ampara in the multiethnic Eastern Province and swearing a solemn oath (“sapatha kara kiyanawa”) that the “system of Provincial Councils” (“Palaath Sabha kramaya”) will be done away with, not least because its very existence, with the capacity of nine Provinci...
Source: colombotelegraph.com