Tamil National Alliance

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Tamil National Alliance
தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
Party leader Mavai Senathirajah
Establishment date November 2001
ideology Tamil nationalism
Political position Left
Election symbol House
website Tamil National Alliance

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA, Tamil தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ) is a political alliance formed in 2001 for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka . It was formed from the four parties All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO).

In the following years there were differences over the question of the relationship with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, Tamil Tigers ). The then TULF chairman V. Anandasangaree wanted to distance himself from the LTTE, which led to the break within the TULF. The majority of TULF supporters re-founded Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), one of the constituent parties of TULF, in 2004 , TULF left the TNA and ITAK took its place.

The party initially called for Tamils ​​to have the right to self-determination in their own country called Tamil Eelam . After the end of the civil war , it gave up the goal of an independent state in 2010 and has since called for regional autonomy instead. The TNA also calls for an independent investigation into human rights crimes in the final stages of the civil war, which predominantly affected the Tamil population.

In March 2010, the ACTC left the TNA due to disagreements over the allocation of seats in the upcoming general election.

Various politicians from this party were murdered before and during the civil war in Sri Lanka , including three members of the Sri Lankan Parliament. Joseph Pararajasingham was murdered in 2005 by pro-government paramilitary groups (TMVP, EPDP). K. Sivanesan was killed in 2008 in Kilinochchi by a mine believed to have been placed by the Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit . The third MP, Nadarajah Raviraj, was shot dead in Colombo in 2006 . According to UTHR, the government and Defense Minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of the then president, are believed to be behind his death . They rejected the allegations. Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru, an Amparai politician, was shot dead in 2005. The TNA and his family accused the Sri Lankan army , but the government denied the crime.

Election results

In the 2004 election , the TNA won 22 of 225 seats and got 633,654 votes.

Shortly before the 2010 general election , some members split from the TNA and founded their own parties. However, the TNA was able to keep its seats in the north and east, although the turnout was comparatively low. TNA won 14 seats and was then the second largest opposition party in Sri Lanka. After the formation of the government of national unity from the UNP and SLFP , its chairman R. Sampanthan served as the official opposition leader in the parliament of Sri Lanka from September 2015 to December 2018.

Previous election results
year choice be right percent Parliament seats Constituent parties
2001 Sri LankaSri Lanka 2001 general election 348.164 3.88%
15/225
 TULF 7, TELO 4, ACTC 3, EPRLF 1
2004 Sri LankaSri Lanka 2004 general election 633.654 6.84%
22/225
2010 Sri LankaSri Lanka General election 2010 233.190 2.90%
14/225
2015 Sri LankaSri Lanka General election 2015 515.963 4.62%
16/225
 ITAK 11, TELO 2, PLOTE 2, EPRLF 1

Individual evidence

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  7. ^ Rajan Hoole: Supplement to Special Report No.23: Before Time Obscures the Moul'dring , UTHR . Retrieved December 6, 2007. 
  8. ↑ Jaffna TNA MP Sivanesan killed in DPU Claymore attack
  9. ^ Tamil MP is killed in Sri Lanka
  10. ↑ Can the East be won through Human Culling? , UTHR . August 3, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007. 
  11. ↑ Killing raises Sri Lanka was fear
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