Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Thursday September 03,2015 recognised Tamil National Alliance
(TNA) leader R. Sampanthan as the Leader of the Opposition, in what is
seen as a positive step toward post-war reconciliation with Tamils.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya made the announcement.
It is the second time a Tamil has become the Leader of the Opposition.
Appapillai Amirthalingam occupied the post in 1977 but resigned five
years later after refusing to swear that he would not promote a separate
state for Tamils.
The TNA emerged as the third-largest party in the 225-member Parliament
in last month’s election but a decision by the first two parties led by
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena,
respectively, to form a consensus government made the TNA the largest
opposition party.
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