Minister Rajitha Senarathne has described federal and unitary structures of governance as 'old mythologies'

Group leader, minister Karu Jayasuriya, told journalists that the all the members of the group agreed to devolve power according to 13 amendment to the constitution.

The 13 amendment, brought in after the Indo-Sri Lanka accord, devolved certain centralised powers into Provincial Councils.

Federal 'mythology'

Asked by BBC Sandeshaya whether the group supports federal or unitary style of constitution, Minister Rajitha Senarathne said those concepts are "old mythologies" that are creating more dissent than resolving the matters.

There was no particular mention on many Tamil parties' demand to merge the northern and eastern districts.

18 parliamentarians of United National Party (UNP) joined President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government earlier this year.

One of them, deputy minister Edward Gunasekara, returned to UNP having only served a few weeks in Rajapaksa administration.

LTTE proposals

Minister Jayasuriya said the proposals have been submitted to the chairman of All Party Conference (APC), Prof. Tissa Vitharana.

There was no question over whether the group would be invited to attend the APC as a separate political party, Jayasuriya said.

Minister Tissa Vitharana confirmed that the proposals would be discussed in the next sessions of the APC.

Asked whether LTTE could also produce proposals, the minister said there would be practical implications although in principal Tamil Tigers are not preventing in doing so.