TNA wants the government to keep the promise

TNA leader R. Sampanthan said “although the army claims there are only 13,000 soldiers remaining in Jaffna, in reality the figure is over 100,000”.

He further said that “there are 15 army divisions in Jaffna and in each division has at laeast 10,000 soldiers and it amounts to over 150,000”. The TNA leader said that whenever his party mentioned this in parliament , it was never denied by the government. He noted that while the army has vacated some private homes and land in Jaffna more lands to be handed over to the rightful owners. Sampanthan said the government must keep its promise to the UN and theinternational community and withdraw the army from Jaffna.