The Sri Lankan will send a “friendly and sympathetic” NGO to watch Sri Lanka’s interest at the probe by the OHCHR, mandated at last month’s UNHRC session, reported The Sunday Island.
Diplomatic sources told the paper that although the Sri Lankan government had rejected the resolution, it would send the NGO to represent its interests during the probe.
"The government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. It is faced with a serious dilemma whether it participates in the inquiry or not,” the source said.
“The OHCHR has received over 2,300 complaints. Some Sri Lankan military personnel have also indicated their willingness to testify. Though the Rajapaksa regime has publicly rejected the UNHRC resolution and was putting on a brave face, it knows the dangers that lay ahead. So, it has stumbled on this idea of sending an NGO which is sympathetic and friendly towards it, to Geneva."
According to the paper, a leading opposition politician said that the government would be letting down the military if it refused to attend and counter the accusations which “bound to be levelled by the LTTE, which would be strongly represented at the investigations”.