https://groundviews.org/2016/07/07/geneva-and-coming-colours-a-lesson-for-colombo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geneva-and-coming-colours-a-lesson-for-colombo Journalism for Citizens Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://groundviews.org/2016/07/07/geneva-and-coming-colours-a-lesson-for-colombo/#comment-60899 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:01:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=20065#comment-60899 A well balanced article – exposes the mindset of the Regime – empty promises and delaying tactics cannot deliver justice – UN & IC must stand firm on full implementation. Sri Lanka will be on UN radar until the full implementation. UN must give time frame and bench marks to implement urgent matters concerning the victims – repeal Draconian PTA, release all political prisoners arrested under the Draconian PTA law. Return all lands occupied by the military. Stop all businesses, farms, Hotels, primary schools run by the military. Remove the excess military equal to the ratio l to the presence of military in the south. These are the first steps to be taken for genuine reconciliation. If the first step is wrong then everything will go wrong.

]]> https://groundviews.org/2016/07/07/geneva-and-coming-colours-a-lesson-for-colombo/#comment-60898 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 05:53:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=20065#comment-60898 As always the author has analysed the situation excellently. But President Sirirsena has not yet undertaken to ”inculcate a mind set of reconciliation among the people in the South” as he admonitioned the visiting IFRC Chief on 3 March: ”as soon as we say reconciliation the foreigners run to the North/East though they are the victims”

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