Sambandan to intervene if govt. fails to provide solutions for missing persons issue

Leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R. Sambandan stated that solutions will be provided swiftly, to the families of the disappeared due to the government involving themselves in the matter. 

Sambandan made these statements while participating in a protest - fast organized in Kilinochchi by 143 relatives of the missing. 

He added that he had discussed the problem regarding the missing individuals with both the President and the Prime Minister, and the government is currently on the path to provide solutions to the problems mentioned. 

Sambandan went onto state that the government needed some time to execute the solutions discussed, and that if their attempt fails, the TNA will step in to carry out the reconciliation process. 

He further stated that he would directly intervene and help out with the issues the relatives of the disappeared victims are facing. 

The district MP of Kilinochchi, Sivagnanam Shritharan and representatives of the Kilinochchi district from the Northern provincial council, were some of the individuals who had attended the event.