LLRC report, an inconvenient truth?

THURSDAY, 05 JANUARY 2012 

Accordingly the government spends most of its limited attention span on the ethnic issue by complaining about the TNA’s alleged intransigence, denying the existence of an ethnic problem and blaming the West for not recognizing the claimed post war economic progress in the North. 
However, this Rajapaksa / UPFA narrative is not supported by the facts as largely attested by the LLRC.
Firstly it is incumbent on the government to take the leadership on a political solution, simply because it holds state power. To date the government has never put forward 

its proposals or indicated its own response to the LLRC report. It does however keep repeating what it’s opposed to, namely police and land powers for the PC’s but never what it proposes. The LLRC clearly states “It is vital that the Government should provide leadership to a political process which must be pursued for the purpose of establishing a framework for ensuring sustainable peace and security in the post conflict environment. In this endeavor the rights of all communities, including those who have been members of the LTTE, must be ensured. To this end a political settlement based on devolution must address the ethnic problem as well as other serious problems that threaten the democratic institutions. This political process should culminate in a constitutional foundation and mechanisms that provide opportunities for development and implementation of necessary socio-economic policies” (LLRC Final Report 8.215). Read more…