Should the Committee of Navaneethen Pilay be permitted to hold an inquiry on Sri Lanka? A Parliamentary debate will be held to take a decision. Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody said that the Party Leaders who met today arrived at a consensus in this respect.
The Deputy Speaker said that a proposal with the signature of nine MPs was handed over to the Speaker saying that the planned probe by the UN Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka may have an impact on the peace prevailing in Sri Lanka and would be deleterious to the reconciliation process as well as cause hindrance to Sri Lanka’s independence, nobility and pride.
Accordingly the Speaker summoned a Party Leaders meeting today. It was agreed at this meeting that this should be debated on the 17th and 18th of this month and also if necessary to take up a vote at 6.00 p.m. on the 18th after the expression of views by the MPs under the Standing Orders.
The United Nations Human Rights Council took a decision in March this year to hold an inquiry into alleged war crimes against Sri Lanka under the influence of several Western countries including the United States and Britain. United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navaneethen Pillay prepared the necessary background forwarding reports against Sri Lanka and appointed a Committee. Worldwide obstructions are being raised against the members appointed to this Committee. She has nominated to this Committee several individuals who had directly appeared in the world on behalf of the LTTE terror outfit. Navi Pillay has taken the initiative of withdrawing the names of these members from the Committee in the face of international obstructions.
In the meantime Minister Wimal Weerawansa expressed views at the launch of the Orugodawatte Kamkarupura Housing Project on the efforts of Navi Pillay to hold an inquiry against Sri Lanka and the Parliamentary debate in this respect.
The Minister said that the foreign forces want to hurt Sri Lanka. Navi Pillay had said that Sri Lanka had been unsuccessful in erasing the scars of the war. It is not so, their intention is to further aggravate the situation and to refresh the minds of the innocent Tamils and drag them towards a division of the island nation. The Minister pointed out that it is for this purpose that they are displaying sympathy towards Sri Lanka. He added that as a country and nation everyone should build a strong message that no extraneous forces should be permitted to squeeze the neck.
Post a Comment