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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11854536" data-attributes="member: 92282">Barely two days before the commencement of a crucial round of talks  between the Tamil National Alliance, an umbrella group representing  Tamil political parties, and the Sri Lankan government, the outfit again  called for outside scrutiny of the Eelam War IV. The war concluded in May 2009 and the government has conceded that there  have been civilian casualties in the war. Almost all civilians killed  were Tamils. “The need for an accountability process that meets international  standards while delivering on the right of victims to truth, justice and  reparations (including guarantees of non-recurrence) is an urgent and  important one. Given the government’s failure to institute a process  that meets these benchmarks, the TNA calls on the international  community to institute measures that will advance accountability and  encourage reconciliation in Sri Lanka in keeping with the  recommendations of the UN Secretary General’s Panel of Experts,” the TNA  said in its 70-page analytical ‘Response to the Lessons Learnt and  Reconciliation Commission Report. The TNA had earlier rejected the  report in a short response a few days after the release. The Report of  the UNSG’s Panel of Experts was seen in Sri Lanka as an affront on the  country. The TNA, however, welcomed its findings. The detailed response was released here on Sunday, barely a day before  the TNA meets the Indian External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna. The  Sri Lankan government – TNA talks are scheduled to be held on January  17, 18 and 19. “The talks will go on as scheduled,” M.A. Sumanthiran,  Member of Parliament belonging to the TNA, told The Hindu, when  asked if there was any change in dates for the talks. Mr. Krishna’s  presence in Sri Lanka during the talks is seen as a chance for achieving  some forward movement in the discussions. The main stumbling block in the talks related to the extent and kind of  autonomy that the Northern Province could be accorded. Terming the  LLRC’s recommendations on this vital question “exceedingly vague,” the  TNA said that these “fail to measure up to the past proposals,”  including that of the 2006 report of the All Party Representative  Committee’s Expert Committee.   Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has gone on record, saying that  land and police powers will not be accorded. Recalling this stand, the  TNA said that “the most current views of the President, however, reflect  the government’s unwillingness to even implement the provisions of the  Constitution vis-à-vis the Thirteenth Amendment.” This has only  reinforced the Tamil fears on the government not being genuine about  political solution based on meaningful devolution, it added. The Hindu</blockquote>

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