Controversial Darusman report:

Historical background overlooked - Communist Party of Sri Lanka

Minister D E W Gunasekara

“The controversial Darusman report has mischievously but cleverly overlooked the historical background of the four Eelam Wars from 1983-2009, failures of peace processes, nature and strategies of LTTE terrorists and their despicable record of killings and destructions and untold suffering caused to the people for three decades,” states a press statement issued by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka.

The statement states: “Controversial Darusman report has in effect only re-opened the old wounds and hindered the process of reconciliation under way. It seeks to cause further divisions within the Sri Lankan community once again. It tends to provoke people and push them again towards confrontation and violence.

It strengthens the forces of chauvinism. It has given a moral boost-up to the LTTE diaspora as evident from their own responses to the report. Releasing an unauthorized report without the expressed sanction by an authoritative body of the UN with grave charges against a sovereign country has only contributed to the escalation of tension in the country and in the region. In this regard, the Communist Party condemns the irresponsible and undignified role of the UN Secretary General.”