http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/30/pol01.asp

US practising double standards
*Cabinet will decide on LLRC report implementation
*Some recommendations need changes in law
Nadira GUNATILLEKE
Even Israel has decided to quit the UNHRC, but, Sri Lanka has not taken a
decision to leave the UNHRC. Sri Lanka only wishes to point out the double
standards practised by the US on Israel and Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, Acting Media
Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.
Minister LakshmanYapa
Abeywardena
The Cabinet will take a decision on the strategy of implementing the LLRC
report recommendations. The Sri Lanka government has not made any official
decisions or statements on those issues yet, he said.
Addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the Government Information
Department auditorium yesterday, he said that the LLRC was appointed by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and its report has been presented to Cabinet and
Parliament.
“Sri Lanka needs a home grown solution for the ethnic issue.Some LLRC
recommendations have already been implemented and long term recommendations need
time and cannot be implemented within two or three months. Recommendations such
as decentralising power at grass root level need changes in laws etc,” he said.
Acting Minister Abeywardena pointed out that a Parliamentary Select Committee
(PSC) has been proposed to hold discussions and solve problems without creating
chaos in the South and without creating problems for anybody or anywhere.
The PSC is the best and highest place for the TNA to voice their ideas. Now
the TNA has things (voicing ideas) to do and a place to do (PSC).
“Under democracy, various persons express various opinions on various
topics/issues but those are their individual ideas and not the stand of the Sri
Lankan government. The official stand/statement of the Sri Lankan government is
yet to be announced on such issues. “The Jaffna Urban Council passed a proposal
stating that Sri Lanka should not give into US pressures and implement a home
grown solution.
The Sri Lankan government identified the need of solving the ethnic issue a
long time ago, appointed the LLRC, released its report and implemented all
possible recommendations long before the UNHRC sessions took place in Geneva.
This is because of the sincere desire of the government of Sri Lanka”, he added.