{"id":8931,"date":"2020-06-15T04:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T04:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/?p=8931"},"modified":"2020-06-15T04:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T04:32:16","slug":"tna-sets-target-to-become-main-opposition-in-new-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/tna-sets-target-to-become-main-opposition-in-new-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA sets target to become main opposition in new Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Tamil National Alliance has sought support to be the main opposition in the new Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Former TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran told reporters in Ampara yesterday that the TNA will continue to push for a political solution for Tamils.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He said apart from that, the TNA will ensure other key issues faced by the Tamils in the North and East are also addressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sumanthiran said that the TNA had worked with the Government established in 2015 to ensure most of the issues faced by the Tamils were addressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, he said that some commitments were left unfulfilled at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sumanthiran said that despite progress made, steps taken to establish a new Constitution and ensure a political solution for the Tamils, failed to reach a conclusion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He said that the TNA will continue its push for a political solution and also focus on other issues at the upcoming Parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sumanthiran said that these issues will be included in the election manifesto of the TNA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He said that while some Tamil candidates are looking at securing just one or two seats in Parliament, the TNA is looking to be a strong voice in Parliament by securing a high number of seats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sumanthiran requested the Tamils to ensure the TNA enters the new Parliament as the main opposition following the 5 August Parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Courtesy: Colombo Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tamil National Alliance has sought support to be the main opposition in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-srilankan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}