Sri Lanka

Citing problems of credibility, the country's minority Tamil political party - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - rejected the government's investigation into the civil war. Furthermore, the TNA stated that the government failed to implement its interim recommendations made over a year ago. Overall, the TNA charged that the government-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), which was established to look into accusations of human rights violations and recommend reconciliatory measures, fell short of international standards. In our view, the TNA's rejection will unlikely shake the foundation of the ruling government, which remains highly popular in the public's eyes.

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