COLOMBO, Nov. 2 -- National People's Power (NPP) Jaffna District MP Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy is to move a proposal in Parliament seeking the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to examine the Black July 1983 riots, assess their impact and recommend measures to promote national harmony and provide relief to those affected.

The proposal, scheduled to be moved when Parliament meets on Tuesday (3) under the chairmanship of Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne, calls for a committee of no more than 12 members to submit its report within six months of its first sitting.

It states that the July 1983 violence set Sri Lanka back economically, socially and culturally for decades, claiming thousands of lives, causing extensive property d...