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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, March 20, 2019
No UNHRC resolutions against SL since 2015: Mangala
In response to Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa calling for the
withdrawal of Sri Lanka’s co-sponsorship to the UNHRC resolution, Finace
Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today there was no resolution against
Sri Lanka in the UNHRC since 2015, but those, adopted since then, were
to work together with the country’s partner nations in the world so that
its citizens benefitted from the best expertise in the world.
In a statement, he said Sri Lanka worked with all its citizens to set up
processes that would help put behind decades of distrust, violence and
impunity and promote, protect and advance the human rights of all our
citizens
“As a result of Sri Lanka taking charge of discharging its own
responsibilities towards its own citizens, international efforts became
focused thereafter on support for Sri Lanka’s efforts. Contrary to
Mahinda’s narrative, there are no resolutions AGAINST Sri Lanka in the
Human Rights Council anymore. In his statement, as usual aimed at
hoodwinking the masses, he assumes a commanding and almost martial tone.
Packing it with misinformation to mislead the public, he seems to
forget the small detail that he is no longer the President or even the
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka – fake or otherwise. As the citizens of our
country – Asia’s oldest democracy – remember very well, Mahinda
Rajapaksa’s attempts to usurp the position of Prime Minister a few
months ago failed miserably in the face of the determined resistance of
our citizens and our independent institutions including our judiciary.
My recommendation to Mahinda would be, in true friendship: lets put
aside airs. It really is impossible to engage in constructive dialogue
if you give instructions and orders on policy to a government that is
trying very hard to fix the several troubles that you yourself, your
close advisers and those you appointed to high positions during your
time as President created, especially since the conclusion of the
conflict in May 2009.
And let us be serious. Any advice on policy must be based on facts, not
on fake or exaggerated assertions, which a quick scan of Mahinda’s
statement reveals:
The opening line of Mahinda’s statement asserts that “The government has
announced that they will co-sponsor yet another resolution against Sri
Lanka.”
What Mahinda says is false. There is no resolution “against” Sri Lanka,
and there has been no resolution “against” Sri Lanka since 2015. In
2009, the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government spearheaded a resolution in the
Human Rights Council calling it a ‘victory resolution’ and got it
adopted by a division in the Council. The Rajapaksa Government included
in that Resolution, the Joint Statement between the Government and the
United Nations that was adopted during UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon’s visit and also commitment to the implementation of the 13th
Amendment to the Constitution. Non-implementation of this resolution
adopted by a vote led to a series of resolutions which the Mahinda
Rajapaksa Government claimed to boycott but could not stop from being
adopted,” he said.