A ruling collation MP has called for a referendum to be held in the country to decide whether or not to allow a UN team investigating war crimes violations into the country to carry out the probe.
United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Janaka Priyantha Bandara submitted the motion "The Investigation against Sri Lanka by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should not be held" to the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday and was adjourned until today.
Bandara spoke out against the investigation due to take place by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council on March of this year.The Member of Parliament went on to call for a referendum to be held, deciding whether or not UN investigators would be allowed into Sri Lanka.
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