Sri Lanka Tamil party meets today to decide on Chief Minister candidate for Northern PC

July 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will meet today to decide the Chief Minister candidate for the Northern Provincial Council.

Former TNA MP M.K. Sivajilingam said that the matter would be taken up by a committee comprising the representatives of all five political parties of the Alliance.

Sivajilingam further said that a 15- member coordinating committee would take up the issue next week in case a decision could not be taken today.

The TNA committee will also take up the issues of selection of candidates, finance and other matters at today's meeting.

The President Friday signed the gazette notification to hold elections to the Northern Provincial Council and the election for the PC is scheduled to be held in September.
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