(UTV|COLOMBO) – Joint Opposition (JO) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa in an interview with the Indian Express from Colombo, said Sri Lanka needs national leaders to represent the Tamils and that the country lacks a second generation of Tamil politicians.
Mr. Rajapaksa said powerful Tamil politicians were needed to bring about reconciliation and harmony.
When asked whether he had looked at the post-war reconciliation process, he said reconciliation would take more time and wounds would not be healed overnight.
“It was never a war between the Sinhalese army and the Tamils but between the Sri Lanka government and a terrorist organisation. If you keep believing in regional political interests, your interests will be regional, and the solution too. So we need national leaders from the Tamils,” Mr. Rajapaksa said.
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