The president of the National Patriotic Movement, Dr Gunadasa Amarasekara said the domestic investigation into war time abuses, thought to have been committed by Sri Lankan forces, will actually be an international investigation conducted according to the will of the US, who this week expressed its support for a domestic process.
"The investigation will be conducted according to their rules and regulations under the supervision of persons appointed by the US and the report will be submitted making those under investigation guilty," Dr. Amerasekera said, according to The Island.
Mr Amarasekara said the aim of those supportive of the domestic mechanism, was to find guilty those responsible for “liberating the country from the clutches of terrorists” and that 43 members of the military had been targeted for the prosecution.
The secretary of the organisation, Wasantha Bandara, said the US “and its allies”, turned a blind eye to the actions of the LTTE, adding the US was trying to do to Sri Lankan leaders what it did to former Serb president Slobodan Milosevic.
A member of the Mawbima Wenuwen Ranawiruwo organisation, Attorney-at-Law Major Ajith Prasanna, stated at the same press briefing in Colombo that an international investigation will be conducted under the guise of an internal investigation.
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