Jan 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Tamil political party, Tamil national Alliance (TNA) is still undecided on which candidate to support at the upcoming presidential elections.
The TNA which is reportedly split in three ways held a meeting today to discuss the issue but were unable to reach a consensus on any candidate.
The party which currently has 22 seats in the parliament is expected to meet again Tuesday morning to take a final decision, a party source said.
TNA MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam of All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) wants the TNA to boycott the election in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
TNA Jaffna parliamentarian M.K. Sivajilingam is contesting the presidential elections as an independent candidate with the New Left Front candidate Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratna.
Reportedly Wanni District Parliamentarian Shivanathan Kishore and two others are to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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