Sri Lanka ex-LTTE cadres form political party

'Rehabilitated United Liberation Tigers Front' was formed in the eastern port district of Trincomalee's Sampur on Friday.

• By: PTI
• Colombo | March 4, 2017 10:06 PM IST
2 min read

Unterstuetzter der Tamilischen Rebellen, den Tamil Tigers, demonstrieren am Montag, 18. Mai 2009, mit ihrer Fahne vor dem Brandenburger Tor, gegenueber der amerikanischen Botschaft, in Berlin. Nach 26 Jahren Buergerkrieg in Sri Lanka scheint die tamilische Rebellenorganisation LTTE am Ende. Das staatliche Fernsehen meldete am Montag, Rebellenfuehrer Velupillai Prabhakaran sei am Morgen getoetet worden. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Pro Tamil Tiger demonstrators protest with a flag in front of the Brandenburg Gate, next to the U.S. embassy, in Berlin on Monday, May 18, 2009. Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A group of former LTTE members in Sri Lanka has announced formation of a new party, saying people are getting frustrated by mainstream political parties as they have “failed” to address issues faced by the minority Tamils. ‘Rehabilitated United Liberation Tigers Front’ was formed in the eastern port district of Trincomalee’s Sampur on Friday.

“People are getting frustrated by main political parties. They have failed to address Tamil issues. We offer an alternative by contesting elections from all areas in the north and east,” party’s leader Kandasami Indarasa said.

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Indarasa had served as an LTTE intelligence wing member in the east, he said.

He said several former LTTE cadres who had served the LTTE in different capacities have joined them.

About 11,000 ex-LTTE cadres have gone through government’s rehabilitation programme since the three-decade-long armed conflict ended in May 2009 with the defeat of the LTTE.

They were those who gave themselves up to the government troops during the last phase. They were given life skills and English language training while in rehabilitation.

Some concerns have been raised over possible regrouping of the LTTE through rehabilitated cadres.

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