Govt will reject alleged war crimes committee

The Government will firmly reject all attempts made by LTTE-friendly international organisations to appoint a committee to investigate alleged war crimes in the country, said Disaster Relief and Human Rights Minister and Kalutara District UPFA candidate Mahinda Samarasingha at an election rally in Bandaragama recently.

Samarasingha said the Government never left any room for human rights violations during the humanitarian war fought to liberate the North from the terrorist menace.

The international community should appreciate the success achieved by Sri Lanka in overcoming an internal conflict and defeating terrorism. If it tried to belittle such efforts through deceit it would amount to interference in internal affairs of a sovereign nation.

Samarasinghe said President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban-ki-Moon had firmly rejected any moves to appoint an advisory panel on alleged human rights violations. Former Bandaragama Pradesheeya Sabha Member Sandun Pathirana also spoke.