FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 2014 11:16
The Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council, CVK Sivagnanam removed provincial councilor MK Sivajilingam's proposal calling for United Nations investigators to enter Sri Lanka, from the provincial councils agenda yesterday (June 26).Sivajilingam wanted the council to pass a resolution demanding the
Sri Lankan government to allow the investigators in. Such a proposal would have led to a direct confrontation with the central government who has refused to cooperate with the UN investigators looking into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka.
Sivajilingam sat on the floor protesting Sivagnanam's decision to dismiss the above proposal and three other proposals of his. Sivajilingam later told media that he wanted the UN investigators looking into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka to visit the country. In his proposals he has also called for the Tamil Nadu regional assembly to appoint a committee to investigate war crimes in Sri Lanka. "I sat on the floor as the Charmian of the council removed my proposals from the agenda", he said.
He added that the parliament of Sri Lanka, dominated by Sinhalese politicians, have passed a resolution against the UN investigations and it was the duty of Tamil politicians to pass resolutions calling for investigators to arrive in Sri Lanka. The Northern Provincial Council is dominated by Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a party Sivagnanam also belongs to.
However the council in general has attempted to avoid unnecessary confrontation with the centre and to restrict divisive actions of Sivajilingam and Ananthi Sasitharan.
