Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) leader Suresh Premachandran says Tamil parties will announce their stand with regard to the forthcoming presidential poll on the 30 of this month. Tamil political parties held make-or-break talks today (28) on the stand they will urge Tamils to take at the election next month. With just a few days to go before the election itself, neither of the main two candidates has invited the five political parties, as a group, for talks. Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have already rejected the 13 demands and have also refused to hold talks with the Tamil parties based on the demands. Premachandran said that even DNF candidate Sajith Premadasa had not invited the five Tamil parties for discussions. The stand is crucial as postal voting for the 16 November presidential election will take place on 31 October and 1 November and the Tamils will need to decide on their stand tomorrow. Five Tamil political parties recently signed a memorandum highlighting the key demands of the Tamils. The memorandum was prepared by Tamil university students of the Jaffna and Eastern Universities after talks with the Tamil political parties, and is to be presented to the two main presidential candidates, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sajith Premadasa. The memorandum contains 13 demands including demands for a political solution and abolishing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The Illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), Tamil People’s Council (TPC), and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) signed the memorandum.