http://pact.lk/23-january-2008/ The interactive timeline of conflict in Sri Lanka Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://pact.lk/23-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-4 kannan Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:43:49 +0000 http://pact.lk/2008/02/17/23-january-2008/#comment-4 "The EPDP still has arms and so do a few other political groups. If they completely disarm then we will also disarm...Our political outfit operates separately from our military unit. We will not use arms when contesting the polls. We will contest it democratically", TMVP spokesman Azad Maulana, responding to the concerns raised by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that historically the TMVP would be the first armed outfit to be registered as a political party. “The EPDP still has arms and so do a few other political groups. If they completely disarm then we will also disarm…Our political outfit operates separately from our military unit. We will not use arms when contesting the polls. We will contest it democratically”, TMVP spokesman Azad Maulana, responding to the concerns raised by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that historically the TMVP would be the first armed outfit to be registered as a political party.

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