TNA Meets Indian Foreign Minister

Tamil National Alliance Leader and the Leader of the Opposition R Sampanthan along with TNA Jaffna District Parliamentarian Mr. Sumanthiran met with the Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj yesterday.  

Mr. Sampanthan briefed the Minister on the present status of the Constitutional making process and cautioned that this must be given priority and needs to be addressed without any further delay., the TNA said in a press release.

Mr. Sampanthan said given the fact that there had been a lot of work done on this matter this cannot be delayed any longer and the draft Constitution must be approved by Parliament before the end of this year and the referendum must be held early thereafter.

He urged the Foreign minister to exert their good offices to ensure that this is delivered as per the promise given by the Government of Sri Lanka to the people of this country and to the International community.

The Foreign Minister reaffirmed the support of Indian Government in this regard and assured the continuous support to see an end to this processes.