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Official Twitter account of the Tamil National Alliance

[Virakesari @virakesari_lk]

பயங்கரவாத தடைச்சட்டத்தின் ஊடாக தொடர்ச்சியாக துஷ்பிரயோகம் ஐரோப்பிய ஒன்றியத்துக்கு தமிழரசுக்கட்சி கடிதம்!

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[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

…to hold the PC elections under the previous electoral system. The bill was never adopted, as the then Ranil Wickremesinghe administration postponed taking it up before the 2024 presidential election. Through a Private Member’s bill presented by Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam last year, the party tried again in the present Parliament to reset the legal framework surrounding the PC election to pre-2017 status.//
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[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//ITAK has made a number of attempts to ensure that the PC polls can be held. When he was an MP in the last Parliament, Mr Sumanthiran himself introduced a Private Member’s bill to amend the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Act No. 17 of 2017
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[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//M.A. Sumanthiran, acting general secretary of the Ilangai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), said the NPP’s 2024 election manifesto had stated categorically that the provincial council elections would be held within one year, by September 2025.

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[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Noted Sri Lankan journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj dies in Canada;

He wrote extensively for over four decades on the island’s ethnic conflict and key political developments, including as @the_hindu Sri Lanka Correspondent

https://t.co/msPlfbjC16

[TNAMedia @TNAmediaoffice]

Tamils of SL continue to face poverty, high unemployment, and land-takeovers… While a generation of children is growing up with little understanding of the conflict, their parents are grappling with discrimination and deprivation, reports Meera Srinivasan https://t.co/yTJdCR3qgp

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

Our heartiest congratulations to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Hon. C Joseph Vijay @actorvijay

M A Sumanthiran
General Secretary
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi

தமிழ் நாட்டின் முதலமைச்சர் சி ஜோசப் விஜே அவர்களுக்கு ��மது மனப்பூர்வமான பாராட்டுக்கள்

ம ஆ சுமந்திரன்
பொதுச் செயலாளர்
இலங்கைத் தமிழ் அரசுக் கட்சி

[Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka]

A reminder of an important moment in #SriLanka. Do check out the exhibition @ JDA this weekend

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

…concerns over the continued postponement of provincial council elections, describing it as a deliberate strategy to undermine even the limited powers available under the existing framework. Radhakrishnan reportedly responded that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had offered a “positive response” on elections, assurances Tamil leaders note have historically gone unfulfilled.

Concerns over demographic engineering and centralisation were also raised prominently.// 2/2

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//ITAK’s C. V. K. Sivagnanam invoked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2015 remarks on meaningful devolution, reiterating that federalism remains the only viable pathway to a durable political settlement.

Meanwhile, M. A. Sumanthiran raised … 1/2 https://t.co/CLxSyNfj8k

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

With a new government in Colombo and long-delayed provincial elections still pending, India’s role has once again come into focus.
What is the Indo-Lanka Accord?

The Indo-Lanka Accord, signed on July 29, 1987, aimed to end Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict by addressing Tamil grievances within a united state.
It recognised Sri Lanka as a multi-ethnic and multilingual country and led to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment made Tamil an official language and created elected provincial councils, particularly for the Northern and Eastern regions.
At its core, the accord sought meaningful devolution of power, granting Tamil-majority areas a degree of self-governance without altering Sri Lanka’s territorial integrity.
Today, Tamil parties, including the Tamil National Alliance, are asking India to ensure that this original vision is implemented in practice.// 2/2

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//Signed by J. R. Jayewardene and Rajiv Gandhi, the accord promised greater self-rule for the Tamil minority. Nearly four decades later, Tamil leaders argue that these assurances remain only partially fulfilled, even under the 13th Amendment…1/2
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[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka’s Tamil parties seek sustained Indian push to realise spirit of Indo-Lanka Accord;

Vice-President ‘assures’ them that India’s position on devolution stands; provincial polls discussed with Sri Lankan side

https://t.co/nzJXuQpKt3 via @the_hindu

[Bhavani Fonseka @bfonseka]

Will the govt deliver on its promises or go down the path of many others? What will it show when marking 2yrs in office?

"nearly 2 years into office, the gap between promise & performance is no longer subtle. It is widening, visibly & uncomfortably"

#Systemchange #SriLanka

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

The voluntary resignation of the Minister must be lauded; but in the same breath the government and NPP members of Parliament must be condemned for defending him and voting to retain him as Minister even after the indictment by CIABOC and the government itself conceding that the coal was in fact sub standard.

அமைச்சர் தானாக முன்வந்து இராஜினாமா செய்தது வரவேற்கப்பட வேண்டியது. ஆனால் அதே நேரத்தில், இலஞ்ச ஊழல் ஆணைக்குழு குற்றப் பத்திரிகை தாக்கல் செய்த பின்னரும், அரசாங்கமே நிலக்கரி தராதரமற்றது என்று ஒப்புக்கொண்ட பின்னரும் அரசாங்கமும் தே. ம. ச. பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களும் அவரை பாதுகாத்தும் அமைச்சர் பதவியில் தொடர்ந்து வைத்திருப்பதற்காக வாக்களித்ததும் கடுமையாக கண்டிக்கப்பட வேண்டியவை.

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//A candid political admission meets firm ideological resolve as M.A. Sumanthiran warns that Tamil self-rule remains non-negotiable despite electoral defeat, youth migration, and growing political pressure.

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[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

Will anything like this ever happen in Sri Lanka?

//Australian Federal Police confirmed a 47-year-old former soldier had been arrested and said he would be charged with killing unarmed detainees while serving in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.// https://t.co/WQaybwAfnS

[Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka @CPASL]

Between August 2008 and February 2009, eleven people were abducted in Colombo by naval intelligence personnel. Six were Tamil, three were Muslim, two were Sinhalese. Their ages ranged from 17 to 50. They were held in underground cells at the Trincomalee Naval Base, where survivors described systematic torture. Most were never seen again.

The UN concluded that senior naval command was complicit, and The U.S. imposed a travel ban on the former Navy Commander. However, in Sri Lanka, indictments were withdrawn halfway through the case. A key suspect was smuggled out of the country, and the same admiral facing 667 counts was promoted to the Navy's highest rank, the Admiral of the Fleet.

The current government promised accountability. These cases test whether that promise means anything. Families have been waiting nearly two decades.

These patterns of injustice exist across diverse communities and regions. It is important to recognise this systematic culture of impunity while holding those in power accountable.

Read other Emblematic cases in Sri Lanka
Go to https://t.co/zDnQeBJl4A

#NavyEleven #EnforcedDisappearances #JusticeForAll #SriLanka #Accountability #Reconciliation #Governance

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

//Representing one of the petitioners, Attorney-at-Law Suren Fernando argued that the social media ban was imposed pursuant to a verbal order issued by authorities, which he contended was entirely contrary to the law.// https://t.co/6lpIFNuwzE

[M A Sumanthiran @MASumanthiran]

Met with the Head of the EU Team visiting Sri Lanka Paola Pampaloni and the Head of the ⁦@EU_in_Sri_Lanka⁩ Delegation in Sri Lanka Carmen Moreno this morning and held extensive discussions on #Repeal_PTA and #NO_to_PSTA and many other issues including Prov Council Elections