Several Tamil political parties and a group of civil society representatives have reached an agreement to nominate a common candidate for the forthcoming Presidential Election.
Accordingly, seven Tamil political parties including the Tamil People’s Alliance and seven civil society representatives have signed this agreement in Jaffna this morning (22).
The signatories include C. V. Vigneswaran of Tamil People’s Alliance, Selvam Adaikkalanathan of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), D. Siddharthan of People’s Liberation Organisation Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Srikantha of Tamil National Party and Suresh Premachandran of Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF).
Tamil civil society groups also signed the memorandum of understanding.
The Tamil parries and Tamil civil society noted that past Presidents had not met the expectations of the Tamils despite obtaining their support.
As a result it has been decided to put forward a candidate who will address the issues faced by the Tamils.