LTTE meets TNA Parliamentarians today
 

by Ananth Palakidnar

The political wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is holding a crucial meeting with The Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarians today in Killinochchi to discuss the issues with regard to the next week's Presidential poll, sources said.

The LTTE's political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan along with other senior members of the organisation will meet the 21 Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarians at the Killinochchi Peace Secretariat at 11 am today sources said.

The LTTE has already announced that it was not going to support any of the candidates at the Presidential poll and has left it to the people in the North and the East to vote for the candidates who ever they preferred.

TNA Parliamentarians are expected to brief the LTTE about the Presidential poll trend in the south to the LTTE's political leaders.The future political agenda in the North and East and the post election stance of the LTTE and the TNA would also be discussed extensively sources said.

Since the campaigns kicked off the main contenders SLFP's Premier Mahinda Rajapakse and the United National Party candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe had a few rallies in the East and a visit to the High Security Zone around the Palaly military base in the North.

The posters of both candidates have been put up in various parts in the North.