Former LTTE spokesman to contest for Sri Lanka's Northern PC under ruling party

Former spokesman of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has said that he would contest the Northern Provincial Council election.
Former LTTE spokesman Velayutham Dayanithi alias Daya Master has confirmed to the local English newspaper Daily Mirror that he would contest for the Nortern PC under the ruling party, United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) ticket. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured that the government will hold elections to the local council in the former war zone in September. Daya Master, a former English teacher, joined the LTTE and became the media spokesman of the outfit which ran a de facto state in Kilinochchi town. He surrendered to the Sri Lanka Army on April 22, 2009, during the final stage of the war, with another prominent Tiger, George Master, in the Putumatalam area of Mullaitivu inside the No-Fire Zone. A Sri Lankan court subsequently released them on bail. -->