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The JHU says that it’s not happy with the performance of the government negotiators at the Geneva talks with the Tamil Tigers. Party leader Venerable Elawala Medhananda threo said that the JHU does not accept the Cease fire Agreement (CFA). “We supported the presidents Mahinda Chinthanya manifesto and these talks are in co tradition of what we supported” said venerable Medhananda. Campika Ranawaka, JHU policy advisor said that the government delegation is saying that they have been able to negotiate the CFA but this not the truth. “We urge the government delegation not to mislead people” said Ranawaka. Commenting on the final document to which both parties agreed Ranawaka said that there is only a mention that there has been discussion on child soldier recruitment and this is not a commitment from the LTTE not to recruit children for combat purposes. “Over all this is no victory” said Ranawaka Legal adviser to JHU Udhaya Gamanpila said that the Party has presented alternative proposals to the delegation and they are hopeful that these proposal will receive due recognition. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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