Niranjala Ariyawansha

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had failed to address the concerns expressed by five ministers and a parliamentarian over the upcoming UNHRC sessions in Geneva, the Minister of National Languages and Social Integration, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, said.Leader of the Democratic Left Front (DLF), Nanayakkara, told Ceylon Today that, Scientific Affairs Minister, Prof.Tissa Vitarana, Human Resources Minister, D.E.W. Gunasekara, Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Minister, Rajitha Senaratne, Minor Export Crop Minister, Reginald Cooray, Parliamentarian, Navin Dissanayake, and he, had signed a petition highlighting their concerns over the UNHRC meeting in Geneva, but the President had not heeded their request.

Stating that a plethora of legal and economic sanctions could be imposed on the country, Nanayakkara had requested that two commissions be set up, and experts in the relevant fields be appointed to serve on them. “A commission of legal experts to analyze legal consequences and repercussions, and another commission comprising economic experts to study the economic sanctions that may be imposed, need to be formed with immediate effect,” he said.

He reiterated his belief that the risk would be insurmountable if such measures were not adopted, as a matter of urgency.

COURTESY:Ceylon Today