A spokeperson for the international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, expressed confusion and disbelief at the Sri Lankan government's indignant opposition to the resolution tabled at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
"The Rajapaksa government's strident opposition to this is hard to understand,"
"These are the expectations from any responsible government that must examine allegations of violations against its own people,"
Drawing attention to the government's default position that anyone calling for accounability is "somehow linked to the LTTE", the spokesperson queried,
"How does the government even justify such claims?
"Human Rights Watch has numerous reports on abuses by the LTTE, the US that is sponsoring the resolution had proscribed the LTTE, and the Tamil political parties in India, calling for support to the resolution, have long criticized LTTE actions including the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi."
"Sri Lankans should really start wondering what the Rajapaksa government wants to hide."
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