Sri Lanka's justice minister says war crimes inquiry will harm reconciliation

by Sivakami
Mar 24, 2017

Sri Lanka's justice minister, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe criticised the international community for making what he described as 'unrealistic demands' of Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported. 

Speaking at a debate in parliament on Thursday, Mr Rajapakshe said investigating war crimes whilst promoting reconciliation was "not realistic at all."

"Reconciliation and probing crimes which took place during the war is like railway tracks which never get together. Probing war time crimes will actually create tension among ethnic groups," he added. 

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