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Commonwealth applauds transparency of LLRC report
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has welcomed the government's transparency in releasing the report.
Applauding the intent of transparency with which the Sri Lankan government tabled the full report of the commission before Parliament, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma said in a statement that the recommendations in the report should be implemented in an objective, even-handed and forward-looking manner.
"We welcome the assurance given on the transparent and rigorous application of the law of the land," he added.
The government has assured that it will fully investigate the individual accounts of transgressions during the war and take appropriate legal action on anyone found guilty.
The statement further said that "While noting that the Commission was established to examine lessons learnt from the conflict and to promote reconciliation, we trust that with the assurances given, the report will also serve to advance the cause of accountability, as genuine reconciliation and accountability go hand in hand."
"It is for the government and people of Sri Lanka to chart their country's way forward after the military defeat of the forces of terrorism," Sharma said.
"The Commonwealth, as a partner of Sri Lanka, which is a founder member of the modern Commonwealth, remains ready to assist the government in dealing with the challenges of building a harmonious and sustainable peace," he has assured in the statement.