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.
