http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/16/news02.asp


LLRC scores over Darusman
Govt will decide who monitors implementation:
Nadira GUNATILLEKE
The LLRC report produced by Sri Lanka won wide recognition over the Darusman
report all over the world. This is a victory for the Sri Lankan government.
The government clearly stated that it will implement the recommendations of
the LLRC from the beginning, Economic Development Deputy Minister and Acting
Media Minister Lakshman Yaya Abeywardena said.
“All recommendations that can be implemented instantly have been implemented
and others are being implemented at the moment. The recommendations that have an
impact on the entire country will be discussed at the proposed Parliamentary
Select Committee,” he said.
Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government Information
Department Auditorium yesterday, Minister Yapa said that from the beginning, the
government followed its own strategies to solve the country’s problems.
“The government identified requirements and requests for assistance when
required. Offering assistance by force is not acceptable at all. This is what is
going to happen through the US resolution,” he said.
Minister Yapa pointed out that the Sri Lankan Government's priority is the
country's safety and National Security.
If foreign persons and groups come into Sri Lanka in the name of providing
'technical assistance' it is possible for them to create terrorism in the
country again.
Therefore it is the Sri Lankan Government which will decide how and who
monitor the implementation of LLRC recommendations and not anybody else
especially outside elements.
The Government has already commenced to implement the LLRC recommendations
and the main opposition UNP request the same.
The LLRC Report was approved by the Sri Lankan Cabinet and the Parliament.
At the moment, Sri Lankan people have shown the whole world that they are
with the Government.
Nothing is mentioned in the resolution about war crimes. Sri Lanka is not
against the UN or UNHRC. The Sri Lankan delegation has educated all countries on
the real situation and the team continue to do so.
The team carried out awareness raising and special delegations have already
been sent to countries which do not have Lankan embassies and high commissions
in Sri Lanka, Minister Yapa added.