Eastern elections before year end

Settlement to ethnic problem must be long lasting and acceptable to all, says President:

Eastern Province elections will be held before the end of the year, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. “We will demonstrate the viability of a Tamil-Sinhala-Muslim partnership. In any peace settlement I have to carry the Sinhala voters with me. I cannot unilaterally impose a settlement - it has to be the outcome of a political process - an outcome that must be long-lasting and acceptable to the people,” President Rajapaksa in an interview published in the News Post India.

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