PA - UNP second round talks today
[16 Mar 2000]

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe will meet President Kumaratunga at Temple Trees today for the second round of talks on Constitutional reforms.

At the first round of talks the two parties had agreed to continue talks on a weekly basis. They have fixed dates for talks on a weekly basis.

Today's talks will be based on the devolution part of the proposals presented to Parliament in 1997.

The same delegation that took part in the first round of discussions will participate in today's talks.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has appealed to the UNP to include minority representatives in their party when participating in talks with the government.

The UNP had also accused President Kumaratunga of unfairly linking the UNP and the LTTE after the assassination attempt on her last year.

However, sources say investigations have revealed evidence of a plot, exposed by several taped telephone conversations, which involved some high profile businessmen as well as military personnel. 

Media reports too were published against the opposition soon after assassination attempt that made the UNP's  over-confidence about victory were very suspicious, the sources said.

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