Some Western nations’ ulterior motives are clear – Gammanpila

by P. Krishnaswamy

Commenting on reports that the USA and the UK would present war crime resolutions against Sri Lanka at the March 2014 UNHRC sessions in Geneva, JHU Legal Advisor and former Minister of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Irrigation, Industries and Environment of the Western PC, Udaya Gammanpila said that these Western nations who are concealing their own war crime reports are exerting international pressure on Sri Lanka not with a genuine human rights interest but with ulterior motives.

They are determined to bring about a regime change and install a puppet regime that would dance to their tune, he said.

Sri Lanka appointed the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in 2010 on the final phase of the humanitarian operation and when the report was released many significant recommendations were implemented, Gammanpila said.

Similarly, in 2010 the UK appointed the Chilcot Commission to inquire into and report on war crimes Britain had committed in Iraq. Although the report was out the UK had not released it on instructions from the USA through fear of exposure, he said.