The former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga said that the Sri Lankan people felt calls for the UN led international investigations into war crimes were “insulting,” reports the International Business Times UK.
“The whole country doesn’t want (an international inquiry) because it is the feeling that it is insulting to the government that we cannot carry out our own investigation in a transparent manner,” she said.
Kumaratunga was elected as president in 1994 and stood down in 2005.
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“The whole country doesn’t want (an international inquiry) because it is the feeling that it is insulting to the government that we cannot carry out our own investigation in a transparent manner,” she said.
Kumaratunga was elected as president in 1994 and stood down in 2005.
Thousands protest in Jaffna rejecting domestic probe, demanding release of UN report (24 Feb 2015)
Unanimous Tamil support for Jaffna uni protest calling for release of UN report and rejecting domestic inquiry (23 Feb 2015)
NPC passes resolution asking UN to investigate genocide of Tamils by Sri Lanka state (10 Feb 2015)