An Alliance of Four Tamil Parties For Contesting the Local Govt. Election in East

( December, 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) A discussion was held at the EPDP office in the East on the last 29th by the EPDP, PLOTE, EPRLF (Pathmabha Group) and TMVP (Pillain Group) to setup an alliance for contesting the Local Government elections in the East to be held recently.

As the first step in the process, the said parties decided to form an alliance for contesting the Local Government elections in the East. The other actions to be resorted to would be discussed at the next meeting to be ensued, for arriving at a decision on the selection of candidates and other problems that might crop up in the run up to the elections.

A Steering Committee was setup comprising of the members of these parties to oversee the entire exercise. There are three more parties wishing to join this alliance, the detail of which will be divulged in due course.