Prof. G. L. Peiris stated in the Parliament that the Geneva Human Rights Council has gone against our country due to the violation of the promises made to the international community.
Professor G. L. Piris, a former foreign minister, said this while addressing the Parliament yesterday (6).
If we want aid, if we want good relations with the international community, we need to fulfill our promises to the international community. Two and a half months ago, as the foreign minister of this country, I gave a clear pledge to the Geneva Human Rights Council as per the order of the former Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa. We gave that promise to the Geneva Human Rights Council as per the order of the President of Sri Lanka, the foreign minister of this country, with responsibility, the promise, the promise. After that, we not only blatantly broke that promise, but we used the Prevention of Terrorism Act in a situation that was not related to terrorism at all. We are experiencing the results this evening
. Now, if you read the proposal that about 35 countries have presented against Sri Lanka. It has several paragraphs. The Prevention of Terrorism Act is being misused. This is causing great harm to the human rights of the people of this country. I am mentioning all this in this honorable house as something we have asked for. What has been raised today.
Therefore, I respectfully say that we hope with one heart that the proposals presented to this House by the Honorable Ranil Wickremesinghe will be fruitful. But in order to do so, if we make a promise to the international community, we must give it with responsibility and fulfill that promise. If it is not possible to fulfill, then it is not good to make those promises. Then there will be no confidence in the promises that can be made for the future. Now at this time in the 51st session, the Honorable Ali Sabriri, Foreign Minister said.
That we present a mechanism to find the truth. So, do we gain trust in such a promise? If the promises made to us before were never made, if they were broken, then we cannot hope. That the international community will have faith in the promises made in the future.
