Is Sri Lanka government's buying time game over?
(August 06, 2011 - w3lanka ) The talks between Sri Lanka government and the major Tamil constituency Tamil National Alliance (TNA) appears in a impasse, political sources say. The secretary of the government delegation MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardhana said that the TNA put forward several conditions to proceed with the dialogue. The TNA had asked the government to clarify the the structure of governance for north and east regions, allocation of subjects and functions to the provincial councils and the issues relating to fiscal and financial devolution. The TNA has reportedly given the government time to respond until August 10. A date has also not been fixed for the next round of talks. Meanwhile, government, rejecting the ultimatum set by the TNA, said a solution for power devolution should be acceptable for all Sri Lankans and cannot make decisions on crucial issues hastily. The Sinhala ruling regimes in Sri Lanka are repeating the same cliche at least for 50 years. T...