The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a constituent of the United Progressive Alliance regime at the Centre, on Wednesday demanded the constitution of an international tribunal to examine “war crimes” allegedly committed by Sri Lankan forces as recommended by a United Nations committee.
In a resolution passed at a meeting of its high-level committee, the DMK said those involved in war crimes should face punishment. The Union government should initiate immediate efforts in this direction. Further course of action would be decided in consultation with its allies, the resolution added.
The UN report, officially released two days ago, had confirmed the commission of war crimes and the large scale killing of civilians towards the end of the war, it said. Responding to a query on the demand that creation of Tamil Eelam alone was a solution to the ethnic crisis in the island nation, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said, “It has been our goal for the past 50 years. Before achieving that, we would desire to have regulations in place for creating equality between Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka.”
Through another resolution, the party condoled the demise of Sathya Sai Baba and recalled his contribution of Rs 200 crore for providing drinking water to Chennai.
