Wigneswaran alleges Govt. trying to deceive UNHRC

‘Commissions wasted public funds, no tangible results’

By Dinasena Ratugamage

Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kutani (TMTK) leader C.V. Wigneswaran, MP, alleged in Jaffna on Monday (18) that the government was making a fresh bid to deceive the Genava-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by appointing another Commission of Inquiry.

Former Justice Wigneswaran, who served as the Chief Minister of the Northern Province during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s tenure as the President, emphasised that there was absolutely no use in appointing a CoI now.

The 46th Geneva sessions are scheduled for Feb-March 2021.

MP Wigneswaran said that the government would not be able to continue to deceive the public. The TMTK recently joined the TNA and Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) in appealing to the UNHRC for tougher action against the Sri Lankan government, claiming that heinous crimes had been committed against Tamils here, a charge vehemently rejected by successive governments.

Wigneswaran said that past commissions appointed by various governments had failed to achieve anything though taxpayers’ money had been wasted. He called the LLRC and Paranagama commissions as useless exercises.