Vasudeva Nanayakkara to deliver speech titled “Tamils and Future” in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 November 2009, 18:20 GMT]
Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a senior Sinhalese politician and the senior advisor to President Mahintha Rajapakse, who arrived in Jaffna Friday is to deliver a speech titled “Tamils and Future” Saturday at Changkaraththai Hindu Youths’ Hall in Vaddukkoadai, sources in Jaffna said. Meanwhile, Vasudeva Nanayakkara met Jaffna district High Court Magistrate R. T. Vicknarajah in Jaffna Court Complex Friday where the magistrate stressed on the importance of resettling Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Valikaamam North evicted nearly 19 years ago by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in order to establish High Security Zones (HSZ) in the said area, the sources added.

These IDPs now staying in camps and in the houses of relatives deserve to be resettled in their own places, the magistrate told the visiting senior advisor to the President of Sri Lanka.

Magistrate Vicknarajah had also emphasized the need to regulate smooth travel connections to persons traveling from Jaffna to the South with Vasudeva Nanayakkara Friday.

Vasudeva Nanayakkara will be meeting representatives of various organizations and institutions in Jaffna peninsula during his three days stay in Jaffna, the sources further said.