Document #1071676
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to an official from the High
Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in
Ottawa during a 30 March 1995 personal interview, the
Secretary-General of the Eelavar Democratic Front (EDF) refused to
provide any replacements for the vacant EDF seats in parliament
after all of the 13 EDF members of parliament resigned their seats
in July 1990 (30 Mar. 1995). The same source stated that, as a
result, those seats remained vacant until the August 1994 general
elections (ibid.).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
High Commission of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ottawa. 30 March 1995. Personal
interview with official.