e mërkurë, 23 janar 2008

Third party suspected behind the killings in south, says the President

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse says that he has suspicion over the involvement of a third party in the killings in south since there are LTTE associates among the cannabis growers.

At a discussion with foreign and local guest journalists at Temple Trees, the President stated that he did not believe that the two recent 'sound bomb' explosions in Colombo Railwaystaion and LakeHouse were conducted by LTTE.

He further said that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) proposals would be implemented to seek a political solution to the ethnic problem. The Provincial Council system will be implemented fully, he said.

The President said that he did not believe a military solution to the Tamil problem and however, there was no option to war on LTTE terrorism.

The President said to media that he had ordered to the APRC to submit the proposals tomorrow and he would declare them on January 25.

The President emphasized that the APRC proposals were not his proposals but the proposals of all parties.

The President recalled that he was the first to oppose the ceasefire with the LTTE in 2002 as the Opposition Leader and he had to wait two years to abolish it. He further recalled his statement at a mass rally at Mathara that the ceasefire would be abrogated if LTTE targeted civilians.

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