VIDEO: If Pillay’s report is negative, govt. must take 90% of the blame - JVP

If the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Navi Pillay compiles a report that portrays Sri Lanka negatively following her visit here, the government has to accept 90% of the blame for it, JVP General Secretary MP Tilvin Silva stated.

Two factors need to be taken into consideration with Navi Pillay’s visit to Sri Lanka, which include her mandate in compiling a report for the UN regarding Sri Lanka’s progress and the fact that she was invited by the government to come to Sri Lanka and witness the situation for herself, he stated.

Silva said that the government, with the knowledge that Pillay was coming to Sri Lanka, was working to ensure that her report to the UN would be positive towards Sri Lanka.

However, he explained that recently the government has been increasingly acting in a manner that seems to provide Pillay with more evidence to portray Sri Lanka negatively in her report.

The MP said that all the “patriots” within the Mahinda Rajapaksa government can only point their fingers now at the government itself and none other than the President.

He added that the government is attempting to fool the people, the UNHRC, the international community and other authorities but in the end the only outcome would be something negative towards the country.