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'West's bogus
concern':
Sri Lanka owes an explanation to none - The Pioneer
Almost three years after the Sri Lankan Government inflicted a
crushing defeat on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Sri Lanka is the only
country that has till date has been able to defeat and destroy a terrorist
organization - a section of the international community's ad nauseam criticism
of the manner in which President Mahinda Rajakasa's administration has handled
the crisis is becoming a major irritant bordering on bullying, The Pioneer said.
"The latest instance of this is a proposal that is being fielded
by the US, the European Union and other Western nations at the UN Human Rights
Council, calling for Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of a UN probe
into the Sri Lankan military's role in alleged civilian killings. The UN report
demands that guilty soldiers be prosecuted but as the leader of the Sri Lankan
delegation to the Council, Minister of Plantation Industries Mahinda
Samarasinghe said, such a move is an "unwarranted incursion". It must be
strongly resisted by all who do not wish for covert Western imperialism to
overshadow the functioning of a global, democratic world order. Also, given the
fact that the Rajapaksa Government is already implementing the recommendations
made by its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, there is no reason
for such a resolution. By common consent, the LLRC conducted an independent and
fair review of the seven-year-long last phase of the war and indeed, its report
is even critical of the Government in several sections. If anything, the
Government deserves credit for having already begun the process of implementing
the LLRC's report even though it was presented before Parliament only two months
ago" it added.
For instance, a census to ascertain the number of persons who
died in the conflict in the Tamil majority Northern Province has been completed
and as expected proves that the international community's figures are
exaggerated. Also, almost half of the controversial High Security Zones have
been cleared allowing for the acceleration of the resettlement process. Out of
the 2,90,000 Internally Displaced Persons living in welfare centres in 2009,
only 6,647 now have to resettled. The Government has also rehabilitated child
soldiers and former LTTE personnel, built home and schools and taken steps to
de-militarise the conflict-torn Provinces where local Government elections have
been held and civil administration restored.
Clearly, the Rajapaksa Government has done proven that it is
committed to the post-war reconciliation and reconstruction of Sri Lanka. The
international community must appreciate these efforts and refrain from
re-opening wounds that are yet to heal. After three decades of conflict, Sri
Lanka has emerged victorious but badly scarred. It needs help, not criticism, to
heal.
Courtesy: The Pioneer