Tamil war refugees were not sent home : Ranil in Chennai

Chennai, Dec. 13: Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister and Opposition UNP’s leader Ranil Wickramasinghe is in Delhi today for talks with Indian external affairs minister S.M. Krishna and other Indian political leaders.
On his way to Delhi, he told the Indian media at Chennai that if Sarath Fonseka is elected President, the Executive Presidency in Sri Lanka would be abolished. “If Sarath Fonseka, the common Presidential candidate of UNP and JVP, wins the Executive Presidency will be abolished and Sri Lanka will return to Parliamentary democracy,” said the UNP chief.
This is Mr Ranil’s second visit to Delhi in a month’s time ahead of January 26 Presidential polls in the island country. During the interaction with media here, Ranil Wickramasinghe accused Mahinda Rajapaksa regime of “not being serious” in demining war-ravaged Tamil areas in the northern part of Sri Lanka.
He also said the Tamil war refugees were not sent home and instead were shifted out of the present IDP camps to other smaller camps. He promised resettlement of Tamils in their traditional homes if their combine wins Presidential polls next month.