‘Federalism is not division’ : Wigenswaran clarifies

Northern Province Chief Minister Wigneswaran has stated that it is a misconception to say that federalism will lead to the division of the island. This system is being practiced in several countries such as India, America, Canada and Switzerland.

He made these observations to the media to clarify the resolution passed by the Northern Provincial Council recently.

He stated that the resolution had been drafted so that power could be devolved to every province. Why is it wrong for the Tamil people to get their things done in Tamil? Tamil people should be allowed to do their things in Tamil while the Sinhalese are allowed to do their things in Sinhala.

The ethnic problem was created after Sinhala language was made the official language in 1956. If a solution was needed to the problem Tamils and Sinhalese should be allowed to do their things in their own languages. We have made proposals in such a way that all provincial councils would be able to get self-governing authority.