Several Tamil political parties and civil organizations in Jaffna have reached an agreement to field a common Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, it was reported.
The agreement has been reached between Tamil People’s Alliance led by MP C.V. Wigneswaran, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) led by MP Selvam Adaikkalanathan, People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) led by MP Dharmalingam Siddharthan, Tamil National Party led by N. Sri Kantha, and Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by Suresh Premachandran.
The said political parties and Tamil People’s General Assembly, comprising several Tamil civil organizations, signed the agreement in Jaffna today.
It is reported that, however, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) comprising MP M.A. Sumanthiran and the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) comprising MP Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam were notably absent from the occasion. (Newswire)