Tuesday, 19 November 2013 00:04
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The main opposition United National Party yesterday said it was suspicious of the Government’s motives after it ratified the CHOGM Communiqué with other Leaders of the Commonwealth since the document can make Sri Lanka vulnerable to an international war crimes inquiry.
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told journalists that the communiqué of 98 points refers to human rights and an international human rights system.
Attanayake said by ratifying this document the government had subjected itself to be monitored by an international mechanism to go into rights abuses.
He said that the UNP had always felt that the full implementation of the LLRC recommendations and the conducting of an independent inquiry domestically would ward off an international inquiry.
Attanayake charged that it was odd that this communiqué was not released to the media after the conclusion of the Commonwealth summit.
“This was a summit held to enable the Sri Lankan President to have a photograph taken with the Prince of Wales,” he said.
