TNA to mark Independence Day as ‘Black Day’

The TNA had decided to boycott the Independence Day celebrations this year, TNA spokesman and Jaffna District MP, M.A. Sumanthiran, said yesterday.

Sumanthiran said his party would declare Feb. 4 as a ‘Black Day’ and to commence a movement towards achieving true freedom. “Immediately after independence, it was transformed into a majority system under the guise of democracy. That’s why other people living in this country did not get freedom,” he said.

“The majority Sinhala Buddhist people had been under the impression that they got freedom for many years. However, they also now feel that they didn’t get freedom,” Sumanthiran said.

“That’s why when the President is celebrating the 75th Independence Day on February 4th, we would like to declare that no one living in this country got that freedom. That is why when this is celebrated, we will declare this as a black day and we will start a campaign for the country to get its freedom properly.”