Government trying to thwart free and transparent investigation

 Monday, 28 April 2014

 

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has said that the recent actions of the government are seen as an attempt to thwart a free and transparent investigation into the alleged human right violations and accountability issues.

Delivering the Chelvanayagam Memorial Lecture at the Kathiresan Hall in Wellawatta Saturday, TNA Leader R Sampanthan has said that the government action to ban several organizations and individuals for allegedly aiding attempts to regroup the LTTE has also been perceived by independent observers as a reaction to the events that took place at the recent UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva.

The TNA Leader has said that a government has the right to take steps as deemed necessary for good reason.

"It must be conceded that a government has the right to take steps as deemed necessary for good reason," Sampanthan has said.

However, he has added that these actions of the government have been seen as moves to thwart a free and transparent investigation of the matters contained in the resolution adopted at the UNHRC at Geneva.