Veerasingham Anandasangaree

Courtesy: The Nation
The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) is to contest the forthcoming general election without aligning with any alliance.
TULF President V. Anandasangaree said that the TULF would definitely contest alone.
“We will be contesting definitely. As it is, we are going alone,” he told The Nation.
Anandasangaree said that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) was misleading Tamils, adding that although the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) of Minister Douglas Devananda was contesting alone, people would not vote for it as they were fed up with extortion and killings committed by armed paramilitary groups. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: The Island

Tamil United Liberation Front president V. Anandasangaree has appealed, in a media release, to TNA Parliamentarians to refrain from misleading the innocent Tamil-speaking people who easily get swayed by sentiments.

He stated that the people had taken a common stand at the Presidential poll held on January 26, not because of TNA policies and statements appearing in the media, but due to their own feelings towards the government.

“The TNA had taken our innocent people for a ride more than once. What they have now achieved is, driving the Sinhala masses to one-side, as a result of the fear they created in the minds of the Sinhala people. The fear is that the boasting of the TNA had created a certain amount of suspicion in the minds of the ordinary Sinhalese that Tamil Eelam will be created,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: The Island
TULF leader V Anandasangaree said the TNA leaders cannot claim credit for the votes received in the North and East by opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.

The veteran Tamil politician said the people in those areas had expressed their protest against armed paramilitary groups by voting against the ruling party candidate.

He pointed out that President Mahinda Rajapaksa might have received a higher number of votes if the government had acted to disarm the paramilitary groups in the North and East, too, with the elimination of the LTTE in May last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy:The Nation
“Anandasangaree maintains his independence:

V. Anandasangaree, who functioned as the leader of the TULF, had called on Thamilchelvam only once. He did not want to pay such customary visits to Vanni, because he did not want to seek instructions from the LTTE. LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham, who felt affronted by Anandasangaree’s refusal to dance attendance on the LTTE leadership, had reportedly said: “It was we who sent the TNA to Parliament. Therefore, they should see us whenever we send for them.” Anandasangaree publicly denounced this LTTE stand. The LTTE did not allow Anandasangaree to participate in the re-opening of the restored Jaffna public library. However, Anandasangaree could not be prevented from reopening the library. He said that the LTTE was recognised only as the representative of Tamils at peace talks, and the TNA represents the Tamil community at all other events and forums. An irate LTTE leadership, using some MPs loyal to them, succeeded in expelling Anandasangaree from the TNA. However, he managed to retain the leadership of the TULF, which is a constituent of the TNA. Even today, Anandasangaree is the leader of the TULF.”

By a Special Correspondent
The decision taken by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to support the candidacy of New Democratic Front candidate General Sarath Fonseka has become a main moot point in the political circles today. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: Daily News
Professor Carlo Fonseka explains why the Tamil community should vote for President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Elections on January 26. President Rajapaksa has the wish, desire, capacity and the public support necessary to grant maximum possible relief in regard to devolution of power to the Tamil people. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only frontline Sinhalese political leader who talks to the Tamil people in the Tamil language. In fact, he was the first to speak in Tamil at the UN General Assembly. Read the rest of this entry »

Iranga Kahangama

“A federal state can be created around moderate Tamil politicians, untainted by LTTE connections, such as Tamil United Liberation Front party leader V. Anandasangaree, who has previously called for a peaceful federal solution. An open critic of the LTTE, Anandasangaree also resisted joining the rest of his party in the Tamil National Alliance — a coalition that supported the Tigers in 2004″.

Last month, the Indian central government abruptly ended days of violent protests by carving out a federal state for the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. In an effort to end a five-decade-long internal conflict, the world’s largest democracy ceded a state for the greater good of stability and governance. India’s war-weary neighbor, Sri Lanka, would do well to take a page from New Delhi’s playbook as it looks to foster peaceful relations with its own minority Tamil population. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: The Island

TULF President, Mr. V. Anandasangaree, has issued a statement relating to the January 26 Presidential Election endorsing neither of the two main contenders nor any other candidate and has also not asked supporters of his party to boycott the election.
He had instead set down 15 proposals for implementation in the event of any of the contenders getting elected and asked the voters to pressurize candidates of their choice to implement these proposals if elected. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: Sunday Leader

Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President V. Anandasangaree has called for the repealing of the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and to work towards a solution based on either the federal constitution or one similar to the Indian model, which will ensure the rights of all minorities in Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »

Courtesy: Uthayan; Jaffna

இலங்கையின் இந்த நாட்டின் அரசுத் தலைவர் யார் என்பதனை அறிவதற்காக, நிர்ணயிப்பதற்காக இந்நாட்டின் சுமார் 11 மில்லியன் வாக்காளர்கள் தமது வாக்குரிமையை இன்னும் இருபத்திரண்டு நாள் களில் பயன்படுத்த உள்ளனர்.ஒரே அணியில் நின்று உழைத்து வன்னிப்போரை வென்ற ஜனாதி பதி மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷவும், முன்னாள் இராணுவத் தளபதி சரத்பொன் சேகாவும் இன்று எதிர் அணிகளில் நின்று மோதுகின்றார்கள். Read the rest of this entry »

- தலைவர் ஆனந்த சங்கரி

எதிர்வரும் ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல் தொடர்பில் தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணியின் 15 அமிச கோரிக்கையினை முன்வைத்துள்ளது. அது தொடர்பாக அக் கூட்டணியின் தலைவர் ஆனந்த சங்கரி வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கை வருமாறு,

தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி தற்போதைய அரசியல் நிலைமையை மிக்க அவதானத்துடன் பரிசீலித்து ஜனாதிபதி அவர்களுக்கும், ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடும் ஏனைய வேட்பாளர்களுக்கும் இவர்களில் யார் வெற்றி பெற்றாலும் அதனை அமுல்படுத்துமாறு 15 அம்ச கோரிக்கையை முன்வைக்கிறது.

தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி முன்வைக்கும் கோரிக்கைகள் புதியவையல்ல. அவை சிறுபான்மை மக்களின் உரிமைகள் பற்றி மட்டுமல்லாமல் நாட்டின் பல்லின மக்களின் பிரச்சினைகளை தழுவுவதோடு சகல மக்களும் சகல உரிமைகளையும் அனுபவித்து அனைவரும் சமமாக வாழக்கூடிய ஓர் நல்ல அரசை நிறுவுவதுமாகும். Read the rest of this entry »