Sinhalese racist activist refused his own mouth piece

Here is full text of statement issued by the Minister of External Affairs in Colombo

(December 28, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The attention of the Ministry of External Affairs has been drawn to the report under the caption “Sri Lanka War Panel ‘pro-LTTE’ “ carried by the website ‘BBC Sinhala/Sandeshaya’ with the date line of 24th December 2010.

This report states as follows:

“Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister has accused some members of the Presidential Panel investigating the war, of being pro-Tamil Tigers, a Sinhala nationalist organization affiliated to the Government claims”. The report continues, “Chairman of the Patriotic National Movement (PNM), Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera said Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris advised him not to appear before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)”.

Subsequently, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, the Chairman of the Patriotic National Movement issued a statement that very same day, confirming that there was no such conversation between himself and External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, as claimed to have taken place by the news report. A copy of Dr Amarasekara’s Statement along with an unofficial translation into English, is attached hereto.

Minister G.L. Peiris categorically asserts that there was no such conversation between himself and Dr. Amarasekera. Indeed, Prof. Peiris has not had any conversation with Dr. Amarasekera within the last year.


Ministry of External Affairs
Colombo

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Annex I -Unofficial Translation


Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara
31/14A, 2nd Street,
Nawala,

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Media Release



Attn: News Director / News Editor


Alleged Statement regarding the presence of Pro-LTTE figures in LLRC

I have come to know of a BBC news broadcast reporting about a statement allegedly made by me that Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris had told me that there are pro-LTTE figures among the members of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. This is a fabricated news item. Prof. G.L. Peiris neither made any claims on the matter nor has had any conversation with me in the recent past.

(Signed)
Gunadasa Amarasekara