Tens of thousands attend resurgence event in Mullaithivu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 17:11 GMT]
Tens of thousands of people from Mullaitivu district, including the tsunami ravaged coastal areas participated in the Tamil Resurgence event held at Malathi Sports Ground, Puthukudiyiruppu, Wednesday evening at 3:30 p.m. The event was organised by the Tamil National Resurgence Task Force to bolster the Vavuniya Declaration. Red-Yellow bi-colour flags were seen flying in all parts of Mullaithivu.

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Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians, academics and religious dignitaries were present at the gathering.

One of the handbills issued at the event addressed to the International Community, urged support for Tamil self rule.

"Extend your moral support achieve self rule with just peace and dignity in our traditional homeland.

"Help us to live in our homeland with Self Rule in peace with the Sinhala South.

"Peace, Reconciliation and Co-existance are norms set and insisted upon by the International Community. We respect these norms. We Tamils too aspire for same.

"The Vavuniya Declaration which includes in it, aspects of Traditional Homeland, Nationhood and Self Rule was made on this basis. This declaration reveals our yearnings.

"Excert your influnce and pressure to achieve this without anymore blood-letting.

"Let Colombo know that We have reached a breaking point," the handbill said.

The event was concluded around 8:00 p.m.






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