Sri Lanka’s Cabinet Spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne said if former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had established an inquiry similar to the South African ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’, the resolutions passed at the UN Human Rights Council could have been avoided.
Mr Senaratne, who is also Health Minister, said Mr Rajapaksa was not prepared to listen to anyone, despite his advice to establish a South African style commission.
South Africa’s TRC did not include a justice or accountability mechanism, strongly demanded by Tamils and sections of the international community.
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