On Tuesday, News flashed that Sri Lanka’s military confirmed the death of Tamil Tiger rebel leader Prabhakaran. After a gun battle on Monday the military declared total victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), putting Sri Lanka completely back under government rule for the first time since the war started in 1983.
With a war long viewed as unwinnable now over, Rajapaksa gave a speech in parliament promising major development in the formerly Tiger-controlled areas in northern Sri Lanka and pledging to protect the rights of Tamils.
He Said "It is necessary that the political solutions they need should be brought to them,". "However, it cannot be an imported solution ... it is necessary that we find a solution that is our very own, of our own nation."