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Last updated: 10 December, 2009 - Published 17:53 GMT
 
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All IDP's will settle by 31st January - Basil
 
The Government will resettle the remaining internally displaced people by 31st of January says Senior Advisor to the President and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa.

Speaking to journalists he said that there are about hundred and ten thousand IDPs and each and every one of them has voting rights..

The presidential election is scheduled for January 2010 and Basil Rajapaksa said “They (IDP’s) are going to vote.”

“Sri Lanka will stand with India for their (IDP’s) security” he added.

Basil Rajapaksa said that the government will take necessary actions to find a political solution.

“Immediately after presidential election we will see all the constitution amendment needed for political solution will be done” he added.

Senior advisor to the president Basil Rajapksa refused to comment on Kachchathiv issue and said that he is aware of the fishermen’s incident with the coast guards.

 
 
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