In an interview on October 24, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader M.A. Sumanthiran said that Government’s attitude towards people of North and East must change, reports The Sunday Morning. “There can be no middle ground”, Sumanthiran maintained whilst speaking about the 13th amendment. He highlighted that the Rajapaksa regime had previously provided repeated assurances on the “implementation 13th Amendment in full and also going beyond it so as to achieve meaningful devolution”. However, since the end of the war, they have reneged on these commitments.