Plot to discredit Govt. ahead of Geneva Confab - PAFFREL

Sumudu Chathurani Jayawadena

COLOMBO: Head of the People’s Action for Free and Elections (PAFFREL) Kingsley Rodrigo noted that a deliberate attempt was underway by certain political parties and groups to tarnish the Government’s image charging it with human rights violations ahead of the Geneva confab.

He said the modus operandi of these elements was to accuse the Government for incidents of abductions, disappearances and the detection of unidentified corpses in various places so that the direct blame for these would accrue to the Government.

“They are highlighting these incidents so that the finger of suspicion would be directly pointed at the Government and precipitate a debate on Sri Lanka at the Confab,” he observed.

According to the PAFFREL Chief, Sri Lanka would suffer a severe blow to its international image if the issue of human rights are introduced into political slogans adding that it was a grave crime to hurl accusations against the Government without substantiating them.

He said at a time when it was incumbent on all political parties to act with responsibility in the present climate, wild allegations directed at the Government would only earn these parties the opprobrium of the public.