Thursday, December 30, 2010
BBC report completely fabrication - MEA & Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera
28 Dec 2010 - 14:48
The Ministry of External Affairs and Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera of the Patriotic National Movement state that the 'BBCSinhala/Sandeshaya' web report of December 24th titled saying “Sri Lanka War Panel ‘pro-LTTE’ ” is a complete fabrication.
The BBC report states that “Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister has accused some members of the Presidential Panel investigating the war, of being pro-Tamil Tigers, a Sinhala nationalist organization affiliated to the Government claims”. The report continues, “Chairman of the Patriotic National Movement (PNM), Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera said Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris advised him not to appear before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)”.
The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement issued on 25th December stated that the report carried by the website ‘BBCSinhala/Sandeshaya’ with the dateline of 24th December 2010 under the caption “Sri Lanka War Panel ‘pro-LTTE’”, is a complete fabrication.
"The Ministry of External Affairs will be taking up with the British Foreign Office and the management of the BBC, this serious instance of a gross departure from the ethics of responsible reportage", the statement further said.
Subsequently Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, the Chairman of the Patriotic National Movement has issued the following statement:
Alleged Statement regarding the presence of pro-LTTE figure in LLRC
I have come to know of a BBC news broadcast reporting about a statement allegedly made by me that Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris had told me that there are pro-LTTE figure among the members of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. This is a fabricated news item. Prof. G.L. Peiris neither made any claims on the matter nor had any conversation with me in the recent past.
Gunadasa Amarasekera
The Ministry of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris has categorically asserted that there was no such conversation between himself and Dr. Amarasekera and that Prof. Peiris has not had any conversation with Dr. Amarasekera within the last year. Courtesy: PRIU
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