Volker Türk's accountability absurdities, nasty Nazi allusions and internationalisation trap

UNITED Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk made several pronouncements in Sri Lanka which tell us that he views this country through an utterly flawed paradigmatic prism, and therefore cannot but get his perspective on Sri Lanka dangerously wrong.

- By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka

No member of the Sri Lankan Government that he met talked turkey to Türk.

‘During the visit, High Commissioner Tiirk called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and had constructive discussions with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath, Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Arun Hemachandra and Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara. He also met the Speaker of the Parliament, the Chief Justice and several Government representatives.’

(https://www.ft.lk/news/UN-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights-Volker-T%C3%BCrk-concludes-

It was a turkey shoot for Türk. Starting with the top troika, the President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, the JVP-NPP Government seems not to have dissented from the High Commissioner's public pronouncements, and appears to be going along in the main with them.

Sri Lanka's citizens should resist the reality of this country's contemporary history being distorted, an untruthful, inimical narrative being imposed on us by the UN Human Rights High Commissioner, and supinely acceded to by the Anura administration.

Volker Turk's wild accountability

The visiting UN Human Rights High Commissioner had stated many things that were downright wrong.

"...UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has pledged support to the Government to build up a domestic accountability mechanism on par with international standards to respond to the needs, aspirations, and expectations of the victims.

Türk, wrapping up his four-day visit to Sri Lanka after meeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday afternoon, revealed this at a media briefing held at the UN Compound in Colombo before his departure.