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will consider a pardon Mr. Thamilselvan told a news conference in Kilinochchi that he believed there would be no major repercussions from the sacking of Karuna as other eastern leaders had pledged their loyalty to the LTTE leadership. "If Karuna apologises to our leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, he will consider a pardon," Mr. Thamilselvan said. Mr. Thamilselvan appealed to the people of the east to remain calm until the new commanders took over and the command structures were put in place. Responding to the allegations made by Karuna in a letter sent to the LTTE leader earlier, Mr. Thamilselvan said the allegations were untrue. Karuna in his letter had said that cadres from the Eastern Province were being given less prominence. Mr. Thamilselvan said there were persons from the Eastern Province as well holding important positions and that Karuna himself was a central committee member working close to the leader. He pointed out that peace secretariat chief Pulithevan was from the east. He also denied the allegation by Karuna that Mr. Prabhakaran wanted 1000 cadres sent from the east to the north. The new commander Ramesh responding to a question said he had come to the north to resolve the crisis as soon as possible as the people in the east were concerned. Mr. Thamilselvan said he believed that the general election would not be affected by the crisis adding that his leader had given instructions that there should be no violence during the polls. Responding to a question on recent killings in the east, he said a third party might be involved but declined to elaborate further. |
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