Poging GOUD - Vrij
Change in SL guard fails to inspire confidence in refugees to return
The New Indian Express
|November 18, 2024
ALTHOUGH Anura Kumara Dissanayake's alliance has seemingly won the confidence of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, scoring a landslide victory in the recent parliamentary polls, it has failed to evoke hopes of a brighter future in the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in TN.
The island nation's majoritarianism, chaotic political landscape and the economic crisis, continue to create fear and uncertainty among the refugees, preventing their return.
Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) party, a Sinhalese-majority coalition, made history by winning 159 of 225 seats, including districts dominated by Tamils, securing over a two-thirds majority.
In the lead up to the polls, during a rally in Jaffna, the new Lankan President also made a significant promise, to take steps towards returning land occupied by the Sri Lankan government, especially the military, back to Tamil owners.
The guarantee has struck a chord with the Tamils of the region.
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