http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/14/news01.asp
Another concoction by Channel 4
* Lanka won’t condone retributive justice
* Time needed to work on LLRC recommendations
A new allegation levelled, that Prabhakaran’s 12-year son was killed in cold
blood, is another concoction by British Channel 4 TV, Sri Lanka’s High
Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said. In an interview with NDTV he said
that the Channel 4 allegation is unsubstantiated, uncorroborated and not been
checked by any authority.
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CommissionerKariyawasam
Kariyawasam said that this is the second time that Channel 4 in UK has come
up with such allegations. Like the first set of productions, ‘this is also
unsubstantiated, uncorroborated and unchecked by any authority and we think it
is a concoction.
“We would not welcome it because that part of the war was unclear, it was
incomplete and to that purpose, to set up some examination of what happened,
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission has made some recommendations and
government and our Parliament are now in the process of looking at those things
and taking step by step measures as they are recommended and we want home-grown
solutions,’ he added. He was of the view that the country needs a path of
reconciliation, reconstruction and rehabilitation. “It is very surprising why
such things are coming up because after defeating this abominable terrorist
group three years ago, we want a path of reconciliation, reconstruction and
rehabilitation and for that purpose we were looking at what we call restorative
justice not retributive justice”, he added.
The Sri Lankan envoy stressed that the retribution is not in our grain and
for that purpose we set up for what we call the Lessons Learnt and
Reconciliation Commission, an independent commission with a lot of good
credentials to come up with ideas to search for all the solutions as well as
address the context of the conflict and to come up with the recommendations.
“And as we expected, they have now come up with the report which has a lot of
good elements commended by international community themselves and we want time
to work on those matters. And in times like that international non-governmental
organisations and some governments in the West seeking to intervene and try to
force the hand of Sri Lanka is something which to my mind is misplaced and
ill-judged. It does not help in our path of step by step reconciliation.