Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Voting for ‘House’ symbol will land us in grave:suresh

- BY K.AHARAN

A vote for the ‘House’ is a mandate for our burial, EPRLF leader Leader Suresh Premachand­ran said.

He said so at a meeting held in support of Vavuniya South Tamil Pradeshya Sabah Kidaachoor­i Ward candidate A Arunhavara­sa, held on Saturday. “You have now lost your kith and kin and have lost your properties and wealth for want of a proper solution to the Tamil people’s issue. However what does a person like Sumanthira­n know about the woes and sorrows and the struggles of the North and East? You should think about the mental attitude of a person who had been born,

However what does a person like Sumanthira­n know about the woes and sorrows and the struggles of the North and East? You should think about the mental attitude of a person who had been born, brought up and studied in Colombo

brought up and studied in Colombo and employed there as well, to know the pain and agony of our people. And this is the reason, that his actions are against the Tamils,” Mr. Premachand­ran said.

“Now he says that they had gone half way with the Interim Report and are demanding your mandate to complete the other half. This is a mandate for something that is not there. He is well aware that the Interim Report would land the Tamils in a grave and knowing that too well, is asking for a mandate from us. The vote you cast for the ‘House’ symbol is going to be a mandate for our burial,” he said.

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