Video: Sajith calls for unity among all parties to save SL

7 December 2013 07:19 am

United National Party Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa today said that all political parties in the country should join hands to form an all party movement and come to an agreement in order to face and defeat the upcoming resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

“We, the UNP strongly believe that if there is a domestic issue, it should be solved internally and not internationally. It is our duty to come together to save the country. If the resolution is passed next March at the UNHRC, the consequences could be adverse. There will be sanctions. Therefore I suggest that all parties should come together to face threats posed by international forces,” he said.     

He accused the Sri Lankan foreign policy of being unsuccessful and said the main reason for international interventions was the ‘dilapidated foreign policy’ of the country.

“When President Mahinda Rajapaksa agreed with UN Chief Ban Ki Moon that there were human rights violations during the last phase of the war in a joint statement our foreign policy took a decisive turn. And given the false promises made to the international by the government depicts the state of our present foreign policy,” he said.

He also said the President should take the opportunity of chairing the Commonwealth organisation to win the hearts of its member countries and to defeat the UNHRC resolution.

MP Premadasa also suggested that there should be a special unit established in the External Affairs Ministry to deal with the Tamil Diaspora and to lower the mounting pressure of the Diaspora. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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