Tamils, Indians, The LLRC Report And Rajapaksa Politics

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report presented in parliament on  December 16, after it was handed over to President Rajapaksa on  December 20, has left a divided international community and a divided local political response, which is nothing unusual, but the larger part is formed by the silent lot, that was expected to take a stand on the “report”. This included the UNP, the “Left” and the major civil society actors here plus the TN lobby and the Delhi administration.

Victoria Nuland, urged Sri Lanka to address issues not covered by the report(Picture Courtesy of www.newsfirst.lk)

International HR organisations have said its not enough and their accusations on war crimes and violation of international law, have not been addressed. They are ONLY concerned about those and not of the Tamil people who survived here. The US and the EU made a very careful “ok, but…” sort of response. Deputy Spokesperson of the U.S. State Department, Ms. Victoria Nuland was quoted to have said, “…we urge the Sri Lankan Government not only to fulfill all of the recommendations of the report as it stands, but also to address those issues that the report did not cover.”      Read More »