War crimes: Still no decision about a domestic inquiry

 Thursday, 26 February 2015 

Justice and labour minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa told that still there is no final decision made to start a domestic inquiry for the allegation of war crimes happened in the final phases of the war.

While performing the recommendation of the LLRC our government would consider the report given by the international recommendation committee headed by the Kings Counsel Desmond De. Silva and we would prioritize the reconciliation between communities said minister to the BBC Sandeshaya in London.

“We are ready to exercise a domestic inquiry if needed. Due to that initiative only the former government got a report appointing the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission” Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa indicated his views when he had a special discussion with Saroj Pathirana of the BBC Sandeshaya.

The minister stressed if a domestic inquiry is commissioned the objective of the commission would not to punish but to know the truth and promote reconciliation.

There are information’s revealed about the 182 LTTE suspects who are remanded in the Welikada prison without allegations the justice minister emphasized to the Sandeshaya.

He said a committee has been formed under the precedence of the additional solicitor general to recommend to file charges or to release the LTTE suspects and Jeyakumari Balendran.

President Maithripala Sirisena is touring the United Kingdom on March 7th. The head of commonwealth Queen Elizabath had invited president Maithripala for a lunch.

The second part of the conversation had with Presidents counsel Wijedasa Rajapaksa is scheduled to be broadcasted through Sandeshaya on Thursday.