LLRC report - true mirror of humanitarian operation - Minister G
L Peiris
Report impartial, acceptable to all:
Sandasen Marasinghe, Irangika Range and Disna
Mudalige
External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris stated in Parliament
yesterday that the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)
Report is prepared with transparency whereas the Darusman Report is not.
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Minister Prof G L Peiris |
He also stated that the Darusman Report had many flaws but the LLRC
report has been prepared with responsibility. Minister Prof G L Peiris
made this observation yesterday joining the committee stage debate on
the Appropriation Bill under the finance heads of the Defence and Urban
Development Ministry.
The External Affairs Minister also said that there were factual
discrepancies of the incidents that took place during the last phase of
the humanitarian operation against the LTTE in the Darusman Report and
the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.
The minister said that the LLRC report is transparent and the way
that data was gathered had been outlined properly. However, the Darusman
Report fails in mentioning the way it procured data for that report.
This absence of methodology of gathering data alone makes it an
irresponsible report. The LLRC report is impartial and acceptable to all
those who need to know what really happened. Though the Darusman Report
says it obtained data from people, it fails to mention who these people
are, Prof Peiris said. The evidence mentioned in the Darusman Report is
not credible and authoritative when compared to the LLRC report.
‘The LLRC report reveals so much facts that we must take into
account. The LLRC report highlights the way the LTTE had fixed their
artillery in areas inhabited by civilians. This made it very difficult
for the advancing troops to separate them from the people.
Apart from that the terrorists used people as a human shield by
parking their vehicles in areas close to hospitals.
They were not following any laws or principles but our troops were
adhering to the laws of the country and international norms of
engagement throughout their mission. |
