Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran believes the common candidate idea is a very bad one as it will make the Tamil cause weak.

Taking to ‘X’, MP Sumanthiran said this was not an election one could use to send a message on Tamil issues.

“This is not a referendum on the right of self-determination,” he further said.

Meanwhile, in a recent televised interview, MP Sumanthiran revealed that the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) believed that a common Tamil presidential candidate was destined to fail.

Stating that the common Tamil candidate will fare very badly in the upcoming elections, MP Sumanthiran said “This is a crazy idea and we have publicly condemned it.”

He further said that the ITAK  has already spoken to two candidates and the party will soon decide who it will support in the Presidential Election. (Newswire)

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Former Member of Parliament P. Ariyanethran has been nominated as the Tamil Common Candidate for the upcoming presidential election in Sri Lanka.

Ariyanethran was nominated by the ‘Tamil National Common Structure’, an alliance of Tamil political parties. 

The nomination comes after several Tamil political parties and civil organizations in Jaffna reached an agreement to field a common Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election. 

In July, an agreement in this regard was reached between Tamil People’s Alliance led by MP C.V. Wigneswaran, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) led by MP Selvam Adaikkalanathan, People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) led by MP Dharmalingam Siddharthan, Tamil National Party led by N. Sri Kantha, and Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by Suresh Premachandran.

The said political parties and Tamil People’s General Assembly, comprising several Tamil civil organizations, signed the agreement in Jaffna on July 22. (Newswire)

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Several Tamil political parties and civil organizations in Jaffna have reached an agreement to field a common Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, it was reported. 

The agreement has been reached between Tamil People’s Alliance led by MP C.V. Wigneswaran, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) led by MP Selvam Adaikkalanathan, People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) led by MP Dharmalingam Siddharthan, Tamil National Party led by N. Sri Kantha, and Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by Suresh Premachandran.

The said political parties and Tamil People’s General Assembly, comprising several Tamil civil organizations, signed the agreement in Jaffna today. 

It is reported that, however, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) comprising MP M.A. Sumanthiran and the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) comprising MP Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam were notably absent from the occasion. (Newswire)

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