The Frontline Socialist Party called for ‘internal self rule’ based solution for the decades long pending ethnic conflict in the country while denouncing that conflict cannot be resolved under ‘one nation- one country’ basis.
The document adopted at the 4th National Convention of the Front Line Socialist Party (FSP), proposing a political solution to the national question in Lanka, titled "The National Question in Sri Lanka: Towards a Solution, not a Disaster,"(Tamil Translation) was launched last Sunday (18) in Jaffna, initiating a dialogue on the matter.
According to the party convention document, the left leaning party said local ethnic minorities are entitled to for self determination and self rule. The party also called to recognize Malayans Thamilar as a national ethnic identity as well.
During this special event held at the Jaffna YMCA Hall, speeches were delivered by General Secretary of the Front Line Socialist Party Kumar Gunaratnam, C.K. Senthivel of the New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party, Gnanadevi of the 'Free Women!' movement, Senior Lecturer at the University of Jaffna Mahendran Thiruvarangan, social activist V. Veerasingham, and writer P. Rayakaran.
At the event, it was emphasized that taking this dialogue forward and further bringing the book "The National Question in Sri Lanka: Towards a Solution, not a Disaster" into public discussion is essential in seeking a political solution to the national question in Lanka.
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