'West harassing Lanka to consolidate its deteriorating imperialist power'

Disna MUDALIGE

'The main cause behind the Western influences against Sri Lanka is to consolidate their deteriorating imperialist powers, said Rupavahini Corporation chairman Prof Mohan Samaranayake.

He was addressing a meeting of the Sri Lanka Independent Professionals Organization held at the Western Province Governor's Office yesterday.

He said that recent incidents such as Channel 4 documentary and Darusman report were evidences of mounting Western influences and pressure on Sri Lanka. He observed that the intention behind all these attempts is to demand an international query on the alleged war crimes and human rights violations during the last stages of the humanitarian operation.

He observed that their objective is to produce the country's leadership and triforces' heads before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Refuting the recent claim of the UNP that a case cannot be filed before the ICC since Sri Lanka is not a signatory to it, Prof Samaranayake said that the ICC constitution has provisions for this move if either the UN Security Council or the ICC prosecutor decided.

He observed that this is a clear threat for the peace and sovereignty of the country. He suggested that to avoid this threat the country's internal conflicts should be solved within the country while attaining economic sovereignty. He also said that the country should cultivate more international friends and should expose reality even to its international enemies.

Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana also spoke.