Govt will abide only by LLRC findings
Lanka capable of meting out justice on its own:
No country can dictate terms to SL:
Nadira GUNATILLEKE
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report is to
be submitted to Parliament shortly and thereafter released to the media.
The LLRC was not something that came up due to international
pressure. It was proposed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa long before the
humanitarian operation ended, Cabinet Spokesman and Media Minister
Keheliya Rambukwella said.
Minister Rambukwella |
Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government
Information Department Auditorium, Colombo yesterday, Minister
Rambukwella said that nobody can come to Sri Lanka from a foreign land,
find fault and impose punishments.
“Sri Lanka is an independent and democratic country. We have the
required knowledge and strength to correct our faults and punish the
perpetrators. Sri Lankan citizens will never accept outsiders coming to
Sri Lanka, finding fault and punishing people,” he said.
According to Minister Rambukwella, there will be no offenders until
the LLRC finds them if there are any.
“The President and the government had one stand from the beginning
and it has not changed. It will never change,” the minister said.
“The stand is, it the country that has to find out if there were any
mistakes and shortcomings during the humanitarian operation. The
President and the government had taken this stand long before the
completion of the humanitarian operation,” Minister Rambukwella said.
Responding to questions posed by the journalists, Minister
Rambukwella stated that the names for the proposed Parliament Select
Committee to find a solution for the ethnic issue has now been handed
over to the Speaker.
A full report on the incident that took place at the Anuradhapura
Prison is now available. A full investigation has been conducted and the
report is already released. The authorities searched suspects following
the relevant rules, regulations and procedures. The suspects had
regularly communicated with the Tamil Diaspora.
The suspects had 19 mobile phones and some of them had GPS facility.
They were planning to ‘celebrate’ so called `Mahaviru Day’ on a grand
scale and had fake photographs etc with them. Those items were
discovered during the search. Those were hardcore LTTE members. Two
condemned LTTE members, some prosecuted LTTE members and some who made
appeals were among them, Minister Rambukwella added. |