President agrees to add Tamil representation

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to appoint Tamil representatives to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on ‘One Country, One Law’ chaired by Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera.

It was decided yesterday (28) evening at a meeting held at Temple Trees chaired by the President with  the participation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and other the party leaders in the Government.

The President appointed a 13-member PTF in which there were only Sinhala and Muslim representatives.

Deputy Chairman of Ceylon Workers Congress Senthil Thondaman said the absence of Tamil representatives in the PTF has been criticised by certain parties, so he, along with Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda and several others had brought it to the notice of the President and the latter had agreed to it.