By Neville Ladduwahetty
The response below is limited to issues raised by the TNA that have a bearing on Accountability.
Paragraph ii of the TNA response states: “The Commission falls dramatically short of international standards applicable to accountability processes”.
If, as assumed by the TNA, “international standards applicable to accountability processes” exist, the need for the UN Secretary General (UNSG) to appoint a panel to advise him “on the standards, benchmarks and parameters, based on international experience, that must guide any accountability process”(UN News Center, March 16, 2010) would not have arisen. The very fact that the UNSG resorted to such a measure confirms that “international standards” referred to by the TNA did not exist. Furthermore, the fact that the panel appointed by the UNSG did not fulfill their mandate clearly means that these standards do not exist even today.
I copy the following news item to encourage all patriotic Sri Lankans to make the government know the danger of this Indian move. This would be similar to forcing the so called 13A forcing on the throat of the SL people by India. This is what JVP said at that time Indian expansionism. The Indian government with its 1 billion plus population trying to take over Sri Lank. The Indian expansionism by economic means. This is the time for JVP and every other patriotic group to stand up and show their courage against this Indian expansionism. Once you allow them, they will slowly claim it their traditional fishing rights. Now if you have recently been to Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, and Matale, you must have seen this expansionism.
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“GoSL under pressure to allow poaching
Fifty six TN fishermen, eight boats freed in Jan.
January 27, 2012, 9:19 pm
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The government is under heavy Indian pressure to turn a blind eye to poaching by the Tamil Nadu fishing fleet not only in the Palk Bay but in Sri Lanka’s eastern territorial waters as well. India strongly opposes those arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy being produced in court, The Island learns.
In the wake of the arrest of 43 poachers along with their six trawlers east of Mullaitivu on Tuesday (Jan. 24) by the SLN, India intervened to secure their release. The SLN brought them to Trincomalee the following day and handed them over to Trincomalee harbour police for further action.
Responding to a query by The Island, sources said that the prosecution of those arrested in Sri Lankan waters would perhaps be the only tangible action available to discouraging large scale poaching. Unfortunately, the government couldn’t act against them in line with domestic law due to Indian interference, they said.”
By: Henry on January 28, 2012
at 2:35 am