08-28-2003, 08:05 AM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>North and East should be de-merged - Ferial Ashraff</span>
[TamilNet, August 27, 2003 18:20 GMT]
The North and East should be separate provinces and the administration of the provinces should be handed over to the people. All three ethnic groups in the country should have equal rights and proper authority to exercise their rights. Only then can the ethnic problems in the country be solved, said Mrs. Ferial Ashraff, parliamentarian and the leader of the National Unity Alliance, speaking at a meeting following a protest march and shutdown in Ampara town.
A group that calls itself 'Committee to Safeguard the East' organized the shutdown and the protest march, calling for the de-merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces.
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[TamilNet, August 27, 2003 18:20 GMT]
The North and East should be separate provinces and the administration of the provinces should be handed over to the people. All three ethnic groups in the country should have equal rights and proper authority to exercise their rights. Only then can the ethnic problems in the country be solved, said Mrs. Ferial Ashraff, parliamentarian and the leader of the National Unity Alliance, speaking at a meeting following a protest march and shutdown in Ampara town.
A group that calls itself 'Committee to Safeguard the East' organized the shutdown and the protest march, calling for the de-merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces.
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