Win over the world on the basis of truth’ - Dr Dayan Jayatilleke
“Sri Lanka should act with wisdom to defeat the intentions of the controversial Darusman Report by trying to win over the world on the basis of truth and by pointing out the manner in which we have acted - that is in a fair and just way - and by forming a global united front against it,” said Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to France Dr Dayan Jayatilleke commenting on the Darusman Report in an interview with the SLBC yesterday. “We should also forge a wider national unity locally by eschewing all petty differences, including political leadership and communal differences to counter the unfounded allegations levelled by the Report,” he said. Dr Jayatilleke said there are ‘dos’ and ‘donts’ involved in the endeavour.
What we should not do is to fall into the enemy trap. We should ensure that we don’t create another 1983 situation by acting in a rash and violent manner whatever instigations and insinuations there may be.
Asked about the intentions of the Darusman Report and the manner in which he had identified the report Dr Jayatilleke said we should not treat the UN Secretary General as our number one enemy.
The Secretary General appointed the Expert Panel to advise him on accountability issues and the actions and the standards to be observed regarding them. However, the Darusman Report has gone beyond this mandate. Dr Jayatilleke said the UN Secretary General had done something he should not have done by allowing the publications of the report.
However, in this age of Wikileaks we cannot prevent the publication of such a report which is a narrative against Sri Lanka and its Security Forces. However, the publication of the report is an improper thing.
What we must do now is to clearly understand the trap laid against us without targeting UN Secretary General or any other individuals.
Asked what diplomatic moves should be taken to counter the intentions of this Darusman Report Dr Jayatilleke said there had been a heated war against Sri Lanka for 30 years. But the Security Forces, people and their leadership successfully won that war. Now a cold war has been waged against Sri Lanka by the worldwide LTTE network, the Diaspora to destroy the justifiability good intentions of our victory. This can be described as a psychological war waged against Sri Lanka. Asked about the possible outcome of this report Dr Dayan Jayatilleke said there is a possibility of cases being filed in some countries against Sri Lanka.
There may be moves in Parliaments in certain countries to slap economic sanctions against Sri Lanka. Already many prominent newspapers around the world had published editorials about the report. This may be an attempt to build up international opinion against Sri Lanka with the intention of dividing Sri Lanka sometime in future as done in Southern Sudan and Kosovo. Asked for the manner in which the report may have an impact on the State machinery Dr Jayatilleke said apart from seceding the North there may be attempts to effect a regime change or more appropriately a ‘regime termination’ as witnessed by us in certain other parts of the world.
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