PLOTE accused the LTTE of abducting their supporters

Dharmalingam Siddharthan, leader of the Peoples Liberation Organisation for Tamil Ealam (PLOTE), welcomed the agreement to implement the CFA by the parties.

“Even the ceasefire is extended by one day we welcome it because it can postpone the war by one day,” he told BBC Sandeshaya.

The former parliamentarian however criticized both parties for not fully implementing the clauses of the truce as agreed.

TNA and HSZ

“For example, LTTE continue killings, abductions and suicide attacks while the government ignores the pledge to remove High Security Zones (HSZ),” he added.

Even today, the LTTE have assaulted those who went to sell Thinamurusu newspaper EPDP

Siddharthan, who supports the government, said the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) signed in 2002 is “one –sided and benefits the LTTE.”

But the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), who supports the LTTE, says it is the GOSL who should take action to prevent another war.

“The government should take immediate action to remove HSZs for the talks to progress,” TNA parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj told bbcsinhala.com.

He said the HSZs are directly linked to day to day lives of the Tamil public in the north and the east.

EPDP

He said the Tamil Tigers would obey their pledge not to get back to violence provided the government fully implements the CFA.

The government should take immediate action to remove HSZs for the talks to progress TNA

The Ealam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), meanwhile says the Tigers are still engaged in violence despite pledges.

“Even today, the LTTE have assaulted those who went to sell Thinamurusu newspaper,” EPDP spokesman Nelson Edirisinghe told the BBC.

Although the EPDP do not trust the Tigers, he said, the party’s policy might change if the LTTE abide by the Geneva agreement.