Cracks within the Tamil National Alliance

Cracks Within the TNA, Three Parties Call For Meeting Of the TNA Coordination Committee.

Three political parties of the Tamil National Alliance have made a request from the TNA leader R.Sampanthan to convene the Coordination Committee of the alliance, Northern Provincial Council member M.K.Sivajilingam said. He said that the EPRLF, the TELO and the PLOTE have made this request. The reason for the request is the different opinions voiced by the different senior party members of the TNA, Sivajilingam stated. Mavai Senathirajah, the leader of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi recently said that there was no need for an international investigation, since an investigation has been done already. Mavai Senathirajah also criticized Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran for supporting an international inquiry. In the Meanwhile, the TNA leader R.Sampanthan said that he cannot oppose an international inquiry if the people make demands for it. The ITAK is the largest political party of the four party alliances.