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The Hindu : LTTE seeks votes for Tamil National Alliance The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam formally entered the election campaign in Sri Lanka on Thursday seeking votes for the four-party Tamil National Alliance. The ruling United National Front and the Opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) also began their campaigns on Thursday with both promising resumption of negotiations with the Tigers. The TNA — comprising the Federal Party (FP), the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation, the All-Ceylon Tamil Congress and a wing of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front — is contesting the elections on the plank that the LTTE is the sole representative of the "Tamil-speaking people." www.hindu.com /2004/02/28/stories/2004022801261200.htm

Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Losing the peace They were voting for a parliament which, in the eyes of the LTTE, they had yet to "liberate", but in which their proxy party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), could hold the balance of power. In scenes worthy of a David Lean epic, over 20,000 Tamils, who had camped overnight across the border, tramped into polling booths set up in no-man's land to cast their votes for the first time in 20 years. Mr Wickremesinghe, who is seen as being more accommodating to a political solution with the Tamils, would be prevented from attaining the executive presidency. www.guardian.co.uk /leaders/story/0,3604,1184870,00.html

TNA Parlimentary Candidate Rajan Sathyamoorthi was killed by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists on 30 March 2004 Tamil National Alliance candidate Rajan Sathyamoorthy was gunned down at his house in the town of Batticaloa together with a relative, military officials said. Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy is mourned by relatives in the room where he was killed by gunmen who stormed his home in Batticaloa, in Eastern Sri Lanka Tuesday March 30, 2004. Tamil politicians, journalists and ordinary members of the public are openly defying the LTTEÂ’s blatant death threats, and more importantly, many are surviving. www.spur.asn.au /Rajan_Sathyamoorthi_killed_by_LTTE_on_20040330.htm

Aljazeera.Net - Sri Lankan Tigers warn of fresh fighting The Tamil National Alliance's performance in the polls showed that "the Tamil national problem should be politically resolved on that basis, failing which the Tamil people will fight to establish Tamil sovereignty in their homeland on the principle of self determination," it added. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said the winning by their proxies - the Tamil National Alliance - of 22 seats, making them the third largest force in the new parliament, was an endorsement of the rebel struggle. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP) came second on Sunday with 82 seats while the third place went to proxies of Tamil Tiger guerrillas, who secured 22 seats. english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/BF4E912D-5778-49B9-AA05-6A69D01DABAF.htm

tamilaffairs.net - Tamil Tigers accused of electoral fraud Political leaders of half a dozen Tamil groups said they would demand a repoll in all those areas where they alleged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shamed the democratic exercise Friday to give the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) most of the 31 parliamentary seats in the region. The TNA, which considers itself a political front of the LTTE, is set to win 21 or 22 seats from the northeastern region, a number that would give the Tamil Tigers enormous clout in a new 225-seat parliament where neither of the two major parties has a majority. Sri Lankan Tamil parties opposed to the Tamil Tigers Saturday accused the rebels of orchestrating a massive electoral fraud to give a group it propped up a sweeping victory in the country's north and east. www.tamilaffairs.net /article/view/122/1/10

010304.html The Tamil National Alliance is contesting these general elections on the policy that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should be accepted as the sole representative of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka. TAMIL CANDIDATE WHO CHALLENGED THE LTTE PROXY, THE TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE IS SHOT DEAD BY TWO TIGER GUNMEN On April 3, the Tamil nation should be able to look back with satisfaction at having stated their aspirations what seems to be the only manner that is understood and accepted by the international community. www.go2lanka.com /stories/010304.html

Tamil National Alliance Memorandum to SL PM You are aware that the Tamil National Alliance contested the last parliamentary election on the basis of a well defined and definite policy in relation to the resolution of the Tamil question which has been remain unresolved for 53 years since independence. This policy envisages the immediate commencement of the process of negotiations are properly focussed and are purposeful and successful no parallel negotiations should take place with any other Tamil political formation. The Tamil voters in the Northeast have very substantially endorsed the policy enunciated in our manifesto and set out above, despite the numerous hardships, restrictions and denial imposed upon them even in respect of the exercise of their franchise. www.sangam.org /NEWSEXTRA/TNA12_22_01.htm

TamilNet: 08.12.01 “No interest in government formation”- Sampanthan Sampanthan further said: “The Tamil National Alliance will not allow the resolution of the Tamil national question to be delayed indefinitely any longer. Sampanthan, MP for Trincomalee and a senior leader of the Tamil National Alliance. The international community is fully aware of the constructive role played by the Tamil moderate leadership towards the resolution of the Tamil national question and the frustrations and futility it had to face for the last 53 years due to the duplicity and deceit of successive Sinhala regimes”, stressed Mr. www.tamilnet.com /reports/2001/12/0802.html

Tamil National Forum 2000 Tamils needed the support of Prof.Wilson and I and other Tamils involved in the struggle approached him several times to help us. Tamil Language and Social Status : All Tamils throughout the World should always speak in Tamil with fellow Tamils. For one Tamil to speak in 'elocution and accent filled English' to another Tamil, stems from a false sense of values founded on the belief that to command the respect of other Tamils in society, it is necessary to speak to them in English. www.tamilnation.org /forum/forum%2000.htm

Interview with a leader of Tamil National Alliance He became the mayor of Jaffna in 1988, the post he held until he got elected in 2001 as a member of Sri Lankan parliament under the newly formed four-party-coalition Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Tamil people consider, if a solution is to be found to this ongoing ethnic problem, the LTTE should be included in the negotiations. As a lawyer I had liking towards the politics and as a lawyer I had come across cases where Tamil youths were subjected to various harassment from the security forces and in fact there were several incidents whereby the Tamils were subjected to various discriminatory policies adopted by the Sri Lankan government. www.sangam.org /NEWSEXTRA/SAMS02_04_02.htm

CBC News: Martin trip to Sri Lanka sparks controversy Though Martin is not planning to visit the rebel-controlled areas, he will meet in Colombo with government officials and the Tamil National Alliance, a legitimate political party that sympathizes with the rebels. An estimated 300,000 Tamils live in Canada and many are Liberal Party supporters, but an official Canadian visit to rebel-controlled areas would not sit well with the Sri Lankan government. "Tamil people everywhere will be very disappointed if the prime minister does not visit Tamil-controlled areas," the political leader of the Tamil Tigers, S.P. Thamilshelvan, said in an interview with CBC News. www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/01/10/tamils050110.html

Sampanthan woken rudely from slumber to make a statement urging the Sri Lanka President to come forward for talks with LTTE. A surge of spontaneous support from the Tamil people at the last General Elections, gave the Tamil National Alliance an overwhelming mandate for an Interim Self Governing Authority followed by a final negotiated solution. Tamils continue to be systematically discriminated against in the matter of public sector employment, economic, social and cultural opportunities. Tamils continue to receive communications from the State only in Sinhala, which is a denial of a constitutional right, causing them much humiliation and grave inconvenience. www.asiantribune.com /show_news.php?id=11106

Daily Mirror Online : Front Page The Tamil National Alliance desires to place on record that the de-merger of the northeast province which has existed for the past fifteen years by the President would be a calamity to the whole Sri Lanka, and urges the President to desist from taking this perilous course. The Tamil National Alliance considers it as singularly unfortunate, that not many persons in high authority have visited the North east and seen for themselves the immense devastation that has been inflicted to the north particularly in the rural areas and the grave difficulties being experienced by returning displaced Tamil civilians. "The Tamil National Alliance reiterates that President Chandrika Kumaratunga made a political commitment to the creation of a region in the Northeast as a unit of power sharing. www.dailymirror.lk /2003/08/29/frontpage/2.html

LankaWeb News The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam backed Tamil National Alliance, a coalition of political parties who won the majority of seats in Northern and Eastern provinces announced they were not interested in joining the government or in the formation of it, reported the LTTE website the Tamil Net. R. Sampanthan, MP for Trincomalee and senior leader of the Tamil National Alliance toeing the exact separatist political stand of the LTTE said, "The elections have proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the Tamil people are solidly behind the Liberation Tigers. " We expect the Sinhala political parties to negotiate," said Joseph Pararajasingham, MP for Batticaloa, another leader of the Alliance " with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the basis of a Sinhala consensus with third party international mediation. www.lankaweb.com /news/items01/091201-7.html

rediff.com: Sri Lankan Tamil parties want Vaiko released "The arrest of Vaiko in these circumstances on the ground that he was supportive of the LTTE...causes deep anguish to the Tamil people in Sri Lanka," R Sampanthan, a spokesman for the Tamil National Alliance, said in a statement. Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka urged India on Saturday to free Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Vaiko, who was arrested on July 9 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for making a pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam speech on June 29. "Vaiko has frequently spoken up on behalf of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, and demanded that there should be a just and durable solution to the Tamil question," he said. www.rediff.com /news/2002/jul/13vaiko1.htm

LTTE Peace Secretariat Members of Parliament representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) met Mr. Martyrs' day Speech of the Tamil National Leader-2003 (English) Hence, a provision was included in the ceasefire agreement that in order to restore the normalcy the forces should vacate the houses of the Tamil people, schools, places of worship and public buildings. www.lttepeacesecretariat.com /mainpages/n0912.htm

Canada's National Post and the Tamil Struggle Tamils will continue to support the cause one hundred percent, but not necessarily all the means to achieve that objective. Tamils owe no one an apology for supporting the LTTE. National PostÂ’s editorial on the 26th of February has been written to support Stewart BellÂ’s story of 23rd February. www.sangam.org /ANALYSIS/NationalPost_02_02.htm

BBC NEWS World South Asia Sri Lanka peace chance fading Furthering the rift, the 22 elected parliamentary members of the Tamil National Alliance - a group of Tamil parties supported by the rebels - have steadfastly refused to join an all-party committee set up to oversee relief operations. The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels were thrown together to bring aid to hundreds of thousands of tsunami victims. It was hoped that out of such great suffering, some good could come. news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/4155003.stm

Welcome to Tamil Guardian online The Tamil National Alliance Jaffna parliamentarian Mr V Anandasangari has called on the government to allow in large amounts into Wanni some of the items banned or restricted by the government. Twenty-three MPs of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the primary constituent of the opposition People's Alliance (PA) are prepared to support the ruling United National Front (UNF) to form a National Government, the state-owned Daily News reported Monday. Seven Tamil voters, from areas in Batticaloa and the Vanni held by the LTTE, have filed fundamental rights applications in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court seeking declarations that the December 5 polls in their districts are invalid as they were denied an opportunity to vote by the Sri Lankan military forces. www.tamilguardian.com /tg143

Tamil National Alliance - soon a kingmaker ? The TNA, the first alliance formed by the Tamil parties after a lapse of 29 years, as expected, has the following of an overwhelming majority of Tamils in the North and East and is expected to sweep the two provinces if free and fair elections are held. The last time an alliance of this nature was formed was in 1972 when Tamil parties got together and formed the Tamil United Front (TUF) in 1972. The Tamil National Alliance of which the TULF is the main constituent party, is gaining much ground among the Tamil polity and likely to become the kingmaker in the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka. www.news.tamilcanadian.com /news/2001/11/20011128_2.shtml

Tamil National Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Tamil National Alliance in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. If you created an article under this title previously, it may have been deleted. Please wait and check again later before attempting to recreate the page. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance

Online edition of Daily News - Politics The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is expected to meet Opposition Parliamentarians this week to sort out their differences on the peace process. The Alliance hopes to brief PA and JVP Parliamentarians on the TNA stance on the ethnic conflict and try to reach a consensus on the issue, a TNA spokesman told the Daily News. Copyright 2001 The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. www.dailynews.lk /2002/06/10/pol01.html

Tamil National Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan The story of the Tamil struggle for justice, beginning with the demand of the 1950s for adequate representation for Tamils in Parliament to today’s civil war, is the subject of my previous three biographies — as it is of this one. Tamil Eelam is a de facto state in Indian Ocean. www.tamilcanadian.com /eelam/nl

Tamil National Alliance statement condemning the arrest of five Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres in the Trincomalee area on July 2, 2002 Tamil National Alliance statement condemning the arrest of five Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres in the Trincomalee area on July 2, 2002 "The Alliance of Tamil parties will make representations to the Prime Minister and seek that clear directions be issued to the Armed Forces, as such arrests are totally unwarranted and could have an adverse impact for the peace process. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA)——a four-party coalition that has the blessings of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE)——issued a statement condemning the arrest, in two separate incidents in the Trincomalee area, by the Sri Lankan Navy and Army of five LTTE cadres on July 2. www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/document/papers/TNAstatement_July2002.htm

NEWS The alliance of four Tamil parties that are jointly contesting the forthcoming Parliamentary elections on a platform of self-determination for the Tamil people and backing for the Liberation Tigers was this week traversing the north and east, urging Tamil voters to come out in support. As voting day for Sri Lanka's Parliamentary elections approaches, the ruling People's Alliance (PA) concentrated on wooing the Sinhala nationalist vote, abandoning even nominal efforts to seek support amongst the island's Tamil or Muslim communities. The Tamil National United Front the only party coming forward to resolve the ethnic conflict," said Selvam Adaikalanathan, leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO). www.tamilguardian.com /tg136/news.htm

Home - TamilAustralian.com Mr.K.Thurairatnasingham, Tamil National Alliance Trincomalee district parliamentarian speaking during the committee stage debate in Parliament said that although several villages in Muttur have been selected as part of Rural Electrification project no Tamil villages are included in the scheme, parliamentary sources said. Tamil film director, Bharatirajaa, and the Dalit Panthers of India leader, Thol. The non-summary inquiry into the murder of two Tamil youths while playing soccer in Valvettithurai (VVT) Chidambara College grounds on November 19 is to commence on 8 December, Wednesday, in the Point Pedro Magistrate Court, legal sources said. www.tamilaustralian.com /?b=46

:: Spotlight on Sri Lanka :: LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan, in his annual statement marking Heroes' Day, cautioned the Sri Lanka government that his organisation would be compelled to launch the freedom struggle of the Tamil nation if peace talks were further delayed and the suffering of his people continued, said a press release issued by the LTTE. The TNA yesterday said that the LTTE was willing to discuss any "further proposals" that the government may bring to the negotiating table, pertaining to the Interim Self Governing Authority proposal. It is not my intention here to interrupt the unceasing labours of those who love to hate him. www.is.lk /spot/index.html

LankaWeb News Sources in Jaffna said the discussions between an army delegation which had Jaffna Commander Sarath Fonseka and a delegation led by R. Sampanthan failed since the Tamil National Alliance MP's were keen that the army should be somehow be expelled from any site in Jaffna strategically important to the army. The controversy arose when the plans to move Jaffna town brigade headquarters conducted in the Ashok and Gnanam Hotels to state lands within the Jaffna Municipal limits were suspended by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe under tremendous pressure of the Tamil National Alliance. The Tamil Guardian, the main organ of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said one of the first things their group discussed with Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Front government just after it was formed was the removal of Sri Lankan troops from Tamil areas. www.lankaweb.com /news/items03/110403-1.html

Sri Lanka to Lift Ban on Tamil Tiger Rebels Ten Days Before Peace Talks Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that the ban on separatist Tamil Tiger rebels will be lifted ten days before the proposed peace talks commence in Thailand between the government and the rebels, The Island newspaper said on Thursday. Sri Lanka n Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that the ban on separatist Tamil Tiger rebels will be lifted ten days before the proposed peace talks commence in Thailand between the government and the rebels, The Island newspaper said on Thursday. Sri Lanka's Mainstream Tamil Political Party President Dies english.peopledaily.com.cn /200206/06/eng20020606_97275.shtml

tamilaffairs.net - Why did Sri Lankan president win parliamentary elections? Out of the total 225 seats in the parliament, the United National Party (UNP) led by ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe secured 82 seats and the Tamil National Alliance, the proxy of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels, obtained 22 seats, emerging as the third largest single party in the Parliament. The Sri Lankan Muslim Congress on behalf of the second largest minority Muslim community after Tamils won five seats and the two other small parties from minority Tamil Community Eelam People's Democratic Party and Up-Country People's Front got one each. COLOMBO, April 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's opposition freedom alliance won the Friday parliamentary election with 105 seats but needs the support of other small parties to form a stable government as it fell short of an absolute majority in the parliament. www.tamilaffairs.net /article/view/132/1/10

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