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Unreasonable to expect action on LLRC recommendations - Peiris

Ahead of the UNHRC March session, starting next week, Sri Lanka's minister of foreign affairs suggested it was unreasonable to expect implementation of the LLRC recommendations already.

Peiris said,

“The report was presented in Parliament on December 17, 2011. Then, we had the festive period. I was notified on January 25, 2012 that there would be a resolution against us.  Is it reasonable for anyone to expect us to implement these recommendations within a span of four weeks?  In comparable situations in other countries, it has sometimes taken ten years,”

“A great deal of work has already been done. We have started collecting and evaluating evidence. The army itself started a court of inquiry. They will talk to witnesses. Also, the government is planning to do a census to verify and ascertain the number of casualty figures. This will be done by the people from those areas."

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