COLOMBO, JANUARY 20: The ruling People's Alliance (PA) said on Thursday it would invite the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to discuss its proposed peace package, which it has decided to present in Parliament within three months.The decision was taken at a meeting of the PA chaired by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. A senior Parliamentarian said the President was determined that the package should go before Parliament as quickly as possible.The peace package, which is a set of Constitutional reforms, requires two-thirds support from Parliament to take effect. The Government has only a one-member majority.It is not known how the LTTE will respond to the Government's invitation when it is made, but Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the group, is set against Kumaratunga.A LTTE suicide bomber attempted to assassinate Kumaratunga three days before the Presidential election last month.Today morning, the LTTE launched a mortar attack on a police passing out parade in Moraweva, in theeastern district of Trincomalee, killing four civilians and one policeman. At least 58 others were injured in the attack.A Deputy-Inspector-General of Police who was inspecting the parade escaped unhurt. A large number of civilians, including parents and relatives of new recruits, were at the parade when shells hit the ground.
