NFF to rally parties against 13th Amendement

by admin
Oct 26, 2012

The National Freedom Front (NFF) has written to several parties across Sri Lanka, calling on them to rally together and form an alliance against the implementation of the 13th Amendment.

The party, which is a member of the ruling alliance, has written to 11 political parties, including Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), United National Party (UNP) Marxist People's Liberation Front (JVP), JVP splinter party Frontline Progressive Party, Jathika Hela Urumaya, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and other leftist parties in the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition.

The Tamil National Alliance and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress were not contacted by the NFF.

The NFF is headed by controversial government minister Wimal Weerawansa. See his and other comments by fellow like-minded politicians on the 13th Amendment here.

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