JHU accuses Akashi of working on a hidden agenda to divide Sri Lanka

Yasushi Akashi has been urged to clarify a remark to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in which he has reportedly said that UN Peacekeeping Forces might have to be deployed in Sri Lanka.

“This statement is a blatant violation of all accepted norms and protocols of an envoy of a friendly nation against another,” the statement issued by JHU General Secretary Omalpe Sobhitha thero stated.

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Akashi has reportedly told the ABC that the UN forces might be needed if full scale war breaks out in Sri Lanka.

Accusing the Tamil Tigers for the escalation of violence, the JHU says the international community maintains a “deaf and blind” attitude towards LTTE’s violence and attempts to “deliberately jettison” the talks with the Sri Lanka government.

This statement is a blatant violation of all accepted norms and protocols of an envoy of a friendly nation against another JHU statement

The party recalls that it was former President JR Jayawardena who “came to the rescue” of Japan when international powers tried to press charges against Emperor Hirohitho after the WWII.

“He told entire world that –Hatred cannot be cured by Hatred- citing the great teaching of Lord Buddha,” the statement said.

But the Buddhist monks’ party urges Akashi to help Sri Lanka “to combat effectively LTTE Terrorists”.

The statement has also accused Akashi of working on a hidden agenda to divide Sri Lanka citing an example from his personal involvement in Yugoslavia which “paved the way for the destruction of that country”.