Ruling out granting minority Tamils of the North any political autonomy as a solution to the three-decades-long ethnic conflict, Mahinda Rajapaksa said when people lived together in unity there should be no racial or religious differentiation.
“It is not practical for this country to have different administrations based on ethnicity. The solution is to live together in this country with equal rights for all communities,”
Canada, Great Britain and U.S. lead the international group for devolving power to the Tamil minority as a way to achieve reconciliation.
Sri Lankan leaders have accused leaders in these countries of applying pressure in order to garner Tamil votes in their countries
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