Monday, March 6, 2017

Colombo must do much more to address the concern of Tamil minority

United Nation report released last week on the progress of reconcilation effort by the Sri Lankan Government should be awake up. Raging serious concern about the delay in addressing elevation of War crimes and in meeting other promises Colombo Madan it co sponsored high resolution at the UN human rights council in 2015,the report won the government that the lack of accountability threatened the moment toward lasting piece.

It also alleged that case of excessive use of the force Aircel and Abha Theri arrest still continue in Sri Lanka almost 8 years after the country brutal civil war ended.

Mr Sirisena came to power on a promise that he would restore the rule of law and in the countries International isolation and take a step towards reconciliation with the Tamil is ethnic minority.

The political Momentum watch old show in favour of government as it has the support of dominant section of the two largest parties in the country.

In 2015 when Sri Lanka agreed to a host of measures at the UN HRC including a judicial process to look into the war crimes hopes were high.

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