COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s Tamil-speaking minorities launched a united front on Monday to demand a new constitution granting greater autonomy, reviving long-standing grievances two decades after the end of the island´s long ethnic war.
The alliance brings together six parties representing Tamil and Muslim communities, who make up more than a quarter of Sri Lanka´s 22 million people. It comes as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake´s leftist government faces renewed calls to deliver on promises to devolve power to Sri Lanka´s regions and address unresolved issues stemming from the decades-long conflict.
