The release of 16 LTTE suspects demonstrates that the government is paying attention to the needs of the Tamil community, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Kilinochchi District MP S.Sridharan said.
Addressing the media on Saturday (26), he further said that the government should take steps to release the other Tamil political prisoners as well.
“The issue of releasing Tamil political prisoners became a slogan of the Tamil National Alliance as the struggle continued as a Party, the relatives of the Tamil political prisoners organized separately. In the end, as a result of all these demands, a separate voluntary movement for the release of these prisoners emerged. The government took steps to release 16 Tamil political prisoners,” he said.
He also pointed out that this incident can be cited as an example that the government and the President will intervene in the problems of the Tamil people. He also added that requests were made to release a prisoner called Sudaharan in Kilinochchi during the previous regime. Yet, the Good Governance did not take action and finally, the prisoner died, leaving his wife and two children behind.
He added that he is pleased as an MP for the move taken by the President, including the government, to release these prisoners.
