http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/05/29/new03.asp

Big conspiracy behind Darusman Report:
‘Win the world with patience and circumspection’
by Uditha KUMARASINGHE
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake yesterday stressed the importance of taking steps to win the world with patience and circumspection as there is a big conspiracy behind the Darusman report against Sri Lanka. At present, the Government through its diplomatic channels is engaged in the process of winning Asians and Africans and enlisting their support to defeat this conspiracy hatched by the Darusman report, the Minister told the Sunday Observer.
The Government has already taken steps to canvass support against the Darusman report and explain the true situation to these countries. Steps should also be taken to release the LLRC Report and implement its recommendations.
‘However, we should seriously consider some of the points mentioned in the Darusman report.
Even President Mahinda Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris had also mentioned it. “I think it is a very good situation”, he said.
According to the Minister, we should first keep in touch with our foreign friends to defeat this conspiracy. Like China and Russia, India is vital for us in this regard. Therefore, we could succeed in our program of winning India as well. Then it would be very easy for us to face these challenges.
The pro-LTTE elements are continuing their fund-raising campaigns in UK, Canada, Norway and US. They conduct these fund-raising campaigns with the intention of re-submitting this proposal to the UN Human Rights Council and get the support of these countries for it.
These pro-LTTE elements are attempting to canvass support in US and Asian countries. It is very clear that some of the European countries are very biased towards the LTTE due to several reasons. One fact is that they could not stomach the significant victory achieved by us against the LTTE. Therefore, they have some jealousy and hatred towards us.
The second important fact is that when some Western countries attempted to safeguard Velupillai Prabhakaran and the LTTE, the Government turned it down. This also created hatred among them towards the Government. In addition, the Tamil diaspora is a very decisive factor in these countries at every election. In each London based electorates, there are about 7,000 to 8,000 votes which are controlled by the Tamil diaspora. Therefore, parliamentarians in UK and Canada are very keen on the votes of the Tamil diaspora.
In addition, the LTTE-friendly Tamil diaspora spends money lavishly on some politicians in these countries at every election. Hence some political parties maintain a very biased stance towards these pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora, he said.