Sampanthan appointed Opposition Leader
Posted by Editor on September 3, 2015 - 9:49 am
Tamil National Alliance Parliamentary Group Leader R. Sampanthan has been recognised was recognised as the Opposition Leader of Parliament a short while ago.
Sampanthan was recognised by Speaker Karu jayasuriya as there was no request made by the UPFA for the position.

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American politics is divide, conquer and rule. This is exactly what the present Government is doing. They have programmed the new conflict MR against the TNA. Results of this the TNA will join the Government or Sampanthan was appointed leader of the opposition to block any resolution brought by MR.
USA and UK will be very happy. THey will only stop when the tamils have got their separate state. God help Sri Lanka.
Forget the past errors done by majority of sinhalese,this will be a good hope for a peaceful srilanka.
United we stand.