President to receive UNHRC war crimes report this week
Posted by Editor on August 24, 2015 - 7:44 am
President Maithripala Sirisena is to receive an advanced copy of the UNHRC war crimes report early this week, informed diplomatic sources said.
This will also coincide with the arrival of US Assistant State Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal.
Biswal, during her brief stay in Sri Lanka, is expected to hold discussions with high profile government authorities including former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
The US is a key stakeholder of the UNHRC inquiry into alleged war crimes during the final phase of war in Sri Lanka.
Although the UNHRC report was scheduled to be presented at the last session in March, the Sri Lankan government managed to delay it by six months through diplomatic manoeuvres.
(Daily News)
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There she comes again, this Indian woman, meddling in our affairs.
As Hon RW said, Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Treaty which established the International Criminal Courts in Geneva.
We have our own Legal System, a system that is based on 2500 years of Sinhala Buddhist civilization.
Our legal system is capable of handling the worst of criminal activity in civil society. We have had a list of illustrious Chief Justices including Neville Samarakoon, Suppiah Sharvananda, Parinda Ranasinghe, Herbert Thambiah G. P. S. de Silva , Sarath N. Silva , Asoka de Silva, Shirani Bandaranayake, Mohan Pieris and Kanagasabapathy Sripavan.
I hope the Yahapalanaya leaders tell this Indian-American bureaucrat that we are capable of looking after ourselves and that we have adequate strength and capability to demonstrate to the international community, our legal and judicial strength that will provide justice to the peoples of Sri Lanka.
Has the UN and the USA not git the message. Sri Lankans do not trust Indians to interfere in the internal affairs of their Country., Indians whether they live in India or another part of the world are always loyal to India. And this the country that encouraged the Ltte. Why not inquire into their involvement in Sri Lanka’s cvil war.
Dear Ganjapani and Dr. Quintus .
Don’t worry much about this Indian woman in this instance. Any other person would have done the same. US and its allies , India included, had already decided in our favour once the yahapalanaya was established and Ranil sworn in as Premier. We were accused and threatened with punishments under an International Courts to get rid of Mahinda and clan. Now that Mahinda is defeated and a stooge of America is stalled in power they will leave it to Ranil to imprison for life or atleast strip them of their civic rights to keep them off the danger zone as suggested by Ranil under a local mechanism. China will fall out of favour and America and India will dictate their terms to us in future.