The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, an opposition Marxist party in Sri Lanka, has called upon all 'Sri Lankans' to completely reject the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Comission, a report by the Office of the High COmmissioner for Human Rights, and resolutions passed at the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2012 and March 2013.
Politburo member of Sri Lanka's Marxist party JVP and co-convener of the Anti-Imperialist People's Movement, K D Lalkantha stated that the reports should be rejected as part of "the international community's conspiracy to create a Tamil Eelam", which JVP founder Rohana Wijeweera had revealed, reported ColomboPage.
Lalkantha went on to say,
"Our stance on the Geneva resolution is a completely different one, We say that the resolution passed at the UNHRC at its 19th sessions, the report presented by the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 22nd session of the Council, the resolution adopted at the 22nd session and the LLRC report should be completely rejected by the people of Sri Lanka".
"There's no need for a report or resolutions to tell the government about establishing human rights, humanitarian laws, democracy, etc.,"
"Sri Lankan people need to understand and work towards defeating these moves (imperialists and regressive forces in the country) by bringing victory to a people's movement that would guarantee them their rights. We don't expect such an action from the Mahinda Rajapaksa government".
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