Sri Lankan Tamil leader C V Wigneswaran two weeks ago had demanded a federal solution to meet the political aspirations of Tamil minority.
Colombo
: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday dismissed as irrelevant a call by the chief minister of the Tamil-majority northern province for a federal solution to issues of the ethnic minority community.
C V Wigneswaran two weeks ago had demanded a federal solution to meet the political aspirations of the Tamil minority.
The opposition in parliament demanded government response to Wigneswaran's demand.
-"Anyone is free to air their views but the Constitution making process is the work of parliament,-" Wickremesinghe said, terming Wigneswaran's demands irrelevant.
He said the all party steering committee report would be the basis for constitutional change.
-"All of us in this House can express our views to the committee,-" Wickremesinghe said.
Wigneswaran during his demonstration in Jaffna had said the Sinhalese fear federalism through ignorance and a federal solution would not mean a division of the island into ethnicity-based provinces.
Wigneswaran has been accused of trying to fan communal flames and has also come under fire for organising the demonstration from his own Tamil National Alliance party.
