JVP 'deal' with Chandrika

By Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, SEPT. 1. The Sri Lankan President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, has all but tied up a deal with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna to help the Government stay on in power.

Though there is no official word yet, the JVP general secretary, Mr. Tilvin Silva, told a private TV station here that the President had agreed ``in-principle'' to the party's proposal for outside support to the Government for one year.

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