Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the party will attend the all-party conference called by the President Maithripala Sirisena.<\/p>\n
President Maithripala Sirisena will chair a meeting of representatives of all the political parties represented in Parliament at 5.00 p.m. Sunday (Nov 18) at the President’s office, the President’s Media Division said.<\/p>\n
The leaders of all the political parties represented in Parliament and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya have been invited to attend this meeting.<\/p>\n
TNA R Sampanthan said the invite extended by the Presidential Secretariat has been accepted and he and other representatives of the TNA will attend today’s meeting.<\/p>\n
Party leaders of United National Party (UNP) will also attend the meeting, UNP Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara has told the media.<\/p>\n
Deputy Leader of the UNP MP Sajith Premadasa, MPs Lakshman Kiriella, Thalatha Athukorala, Gayantha Karunathilaka and Ravi Karunanayake and a group of seniors will represent the United National Party at the meeting, NewsRadio reported.<\/p>\n
According to the Speaker’s Office, the Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has declined President’s invitation to attend the all-party conference this evening since it’s a discussion with political party representatives.<\/p>\n
The Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Bimal Ratnayake has reportedly said that the party will not take part in the all-party conference. JVP Parliamentarian has said the party decided to abstain from attending the meeting based on a decision taken by the party Politburo.<\/p>\n
The President has called the meeting in order to end the current political unrest and conflict situation and to allow normal functioning of the Parliament, the President’s Media Division said.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: Colombo Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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