Colombo, July 27: Scandinavian truce monitors today asked the LTTE to dismantle by this week a newly established camp or reconsider the role of the independent ceasefire observers.
The Norwegian-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said it was unhappy that the tigers were not abiding by its ruling two weeks ago asking the rebels to dismantle a newly established camp in the district of trincomalee. "We want the LTTE to remove the wan Ela camp by the end of the week," SLMM deputy head of mission Hargrup Haukland said while brushing aside an LTTE-inspired protest in the region against the ruling. "If they don't, they have to reconsider the power they have given us to make rulings on the ceasefire.
"It is the government of Sri Lanka and LTTE that have given us a mandate to make rulings, and if the LTTE is not willing to accept our rulings they must sit down with the government and reconsider our future."

Bureau Report.