LLRC Report to be released in Sinhala, Tamil

The report of a Sri Lankan commission analysing the three-decade-long conflict and the lessons learnt from it will soon be released in Sinhala and Tamil languages.

The Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was made public in December 2011 but was only released in English. The government this week made public its action plan which dealt with the anticipated time scales to implement all the recommendations.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa's secretary Lalith Weeratunga who heads the panel to oversee the LLRC recommendations said the Sinhala and Tamil versions of the Report would be issued next week.

The Tamil language issue was addressed in the LLRC recommendations. Action to make it compulsory that all government offices have Tamil speaking officers and that no district or province should be categorised in terms of language are two key such recommendations in the LLRC aimed at achieving language parity. (PTI)