Sri lanka’s main Tamil party said on Monday it will not join a united Government if it fails to address the grievances of the Tamils.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which holds 14 seats in the 225-member Parliament, said it hopes to win at least 20 seats in the parliamentary elections of August 17.
The battle to form a new Government will be waged between the newly formed United National Front (UNF) coalition of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), whose chairman is President Maithripala Sirisena.
Both Wickremesinghe and Sirisena have pledged to form a united Government with the inclusion of all political parties including the minorities if either of them win the August polls.