“President Ranil Wickremesinghe talks a lot. He does less. The international community including Canada, America, India, European Union, Australia and Japan should urge President Ranil Wickremesinghe with one voice to implement the 13th amendment in the Constitution and first drum up his integrity. Canada needs to take the initiative. Canada has a right to this as a country that has given shelter to a large number of Tamils who have left the country.”
A top Canadian official had discussions in Sri Lanka covering a range of issues including reconciliation and accountability.
The Canadian High Commission in Colombo said that Marie-Louise Hannan, Director General, South Asia at Global Affairs Canada has concluded a visit to Sri Lanka.
“She met, Tamil Progressive Alliance leader Mano Ganesan MP, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization leader Selvam Adikalanathan MP, Democratic People’s Liberation Front leader D. Siddharthan MP. They have insisted in person to the Director General of South Asian Affairs of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Louise Hanan.
“The 13th Amendment is not a complete solution to the national race problem. We know this. But before making new laws, let President Ranil Wickremesinghe enact the 13th Amendment Power Sharing Act and the 16th Amendment Language Rights Act in the Constitution. The international community should emphasize it. Today we are tired of talking with the Sri Lankan government. Similarly, we are getting tired of talking about the same thing to the international community” – they said.
In this regard Mano Ganesan MP. In a Twitter post,
“Celebrating pluralism, power sharing, 13th amendment, language rights and equality were usefully discussed with the Canadian side,” he said.
The representatives of the Tamil party leaders representing the Tamil people in this country told the Director General of South Asian Affairs of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian Ambassador to Sri Lanka that they will never accept this country as a country that belongs only to the Sinhalese Buddhist and they will fight against any Colombo government that promotes such a policy.
Tamil Leaders said that they are getting tired of talking to the government about their aspirations and they are getting tired of explaining to the international community.
The Canadian side told the Tamil party leaders who met them that it was news to them.
The Canadian party told the party leaders that they understand what the Tamil leaders said today.