{"id":50817,"date":"2012-08-11T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=50817"},"modified":"2012-08-12T06:13:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T06:13:24","slug":"it-will-be-much-easier-to-fight-sri-lankas-enemies-abroad-if-there-is-some-devolution-of-powers-to-the-tamils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-will-be-much-easier-to-fight-sri-lankas-enemies-abroad-if-there-is-some-devolution-of-powers-to-the-tamils\/","title":{"rendered":"It Will Be Much Easier To Fight Sri Lanka\u2019s Enemies Abroad, If There Is Some Devolution Of Powers To The Tamils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Subramanian Swamy&#8217;s full speech on Sri Lanka&#8217;s reconciliation &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50821\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-will-be-much-easier-to-fight-sri-lankas-enemies-abroad-if-there-is-some-devolution-of-powers-to-the-tamils\/subramanian-swamy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50821\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50821\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-50821\" title=\"subramanian-swamy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subramanian-swamy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subramanian-swamy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/subramanian-swamy-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Subramanian Swamy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It will be much easier to fight Sri Lanka\u2019s enemies abroad, if there is some devolution of powers to the Tamils areas in the near future, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy said in Colombo on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Swamy met President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday and discussed post-war issues. 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