{"id":7437,"date":"2019-10-29T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2019-10-29T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:27:06","slug":"tamil-parties-to-announce-stand-on-polls-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/tamil-parties-to-announce-stand-on-polls-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil parties to announce stand on polls on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Five Tamil political parties, who met yesterday for crucial talks with regards to the Presidential election, will meet again on Wednesday and announce their stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">The five parties met in Jaffna today in an attempt to reach a consensus with regards to which candidate they must support at the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said that as the two main candidates have publicly rejected the demands of the five parties they will have more talks on Wednesday and announce their stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">He said they are confident the Tamils will vote in accordance to the stand to be taken by the five Tamil parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">The Tamil political parties recently signed a memorandum highlighting the key demands of the Tamils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">The memorandum contains 13 demands including a demand for a political solution and abolishing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), People\u2019s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Eelam People\u2019s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), Tamil People\u2019s Council (TPC) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) signed the memorandum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">The memorandum notes the acceptance of the political aspirations of the Tamil Nation, recognition of the merged Northern and Eastern Provinces as the historical habitat and the traditional homelands of the Tamil Nation, acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the Tamil Nation and realisation of the fact that the Tamil People under the provisions of International Law are entitled to the right of self determination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Courtesy: Colombo Gazette<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Tamil political parties, who met yesterday for crucial talks with regards to 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