Ranil moots body to monitor LLRC

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Opposition United National Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for the appointment of a committee comprising government, opposition and civil society members to monitor the implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations.

Addressing a media conference in Kilinochchi at the conclusion of a two-day visit to the north, the opposition leader said the move would help to mitigate international criticism on the non-implementation of the LLRC recommendations.

He said that the Government could appoint 25 members and others should be from the opposition and civil society.

A destitute woman telling her story of despair to Opposition UNP leader and pleading with him to help her when he visited Kilinochchi yesterday. With Mr. Wickremesinghe is TNA Parliamentarian Mavai Senathirajah. Pic by Romesh Dhanushka