එල්. ටී. ටී. ඊ.
The editorial argues that Anton Balasingham’s interview with the Tamil Guardian, setting out the LTTE’s conditions for Norwegian-facilitated talks such as the Thimpu principles and a homeland, should be debated seriously rather than sensationalised by Lankadeepa and Divaina. It agrees that both the People’s Alliance and the UNP view the national question from a Sinhala standpoint, calls their talks a deception, and condemns the Foreign Ministry’s reply as pandering to chauvinism.