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Declaring and disabling: TNPF neutralises Tamil sovereignty, self-determination & referendum

Declaring and disabling: TNPF neutralises Tamil sovereignty, self-determination & referendum
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LSSP veteran Bernard Soysa expires[TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]Mr. Bernard Soysa, Sri Lanka's cabinet minister for Science, Technology and Human Resources Development died this afternoon. He was ailing for some time. Mr.Soysa was 83 years old. He was a Politburo member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and a veteran left wing trade unionist. The LSSP is a constituent member of the People's Alliance. He was elected to Parliament in 1956 when his party stood for parity of the Sinhala and the Tamil languages at a time when the alliance led by Mr. S.W.R.D Bandaranayake came on the slogan that Sinhala would be made the sole official language in twenty four hours.
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