Leader of the breakaway ‘Karuna faction’, Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, alias ‘Colonel Karuna’ is “nominated” as a Member of Parliament from the quota of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Karuna will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of H.M. Wasantha Samarasinghe of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). In response the the appointment, the JVP filed a Fundamental Rights petition, calling the appointment “immoral”.
Sources
Breakaway Tiger leader sworn into Sri Lanka parliament, Reuters, 7 October 2008; ‘Col’ Karuna nominated as MP, The Hindu, 7 October 2008; MP Karuna: ‘travesty of justice’, BBC Sinhala, 7 October 2008.
Quotations
“Tamil people can now have the faith of solving their own problems through parliamentary democracy. We should forget the bitter past experiences and work to win the trust of the Tamils,” Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, addressing Parliament.
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