The Commissioners of LLRC

EXCERPTS FROM THE PROGRESS REPORT
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIM
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LLRC
The Inter-Agency Advisory Committee (IAAC)
takes this opportunity to record the progress
made so far on the implementation of the interim
recommendations made by the Lessons Learnt
and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). The
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission
(LLRC) was established by HE the President
pursuant to the Warrant dated 15 May 2010.
The LLRC commended its public sitting on 11
August 2010. On 13 September 2010, the LLRC
submitted its interim recommendations to H. E.
the President. The interim recommendations
were based on extensive testimony received
by the LLRC during its interaction with affected
civilians following field visits to several locations
in the conflict-affected areas, including places
of detention, rehabilitation and IDP welfare
centres. H. E. the President of Sri Lanka
endorsing the importance of the objective behind
the LLRC interim recommendations, supported
the adoption in Cabinet of the Paper dated
27th October 2010 to establish an Inter-Agency
Advisory Committee (IAAC) to facilitate the
implementation of the interim recommendations.
The objective of the IAAC is to implement
these recommendations of the LLRC through
practical measures and to strengthen the related
processes that are already underway. The
progress on the recommendations of the LLRC
is summarized as follows:
(iii) Administration and Language issues
The GoSL acknowledges the need to ensure
language rights of all citizens particularly in
the Tamil speaking areas of Sri Lanka. The
Language Policy of Sri Lanka is enshrined in
Chapter IV of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, as
amended by the 13th Amendment and the 16th
Amendment. It is also reflected by the vision of
H.E. the President of Sri Lanka who has firmly
advocated a ‘Trilingual Sri Lanka’.
Members of the Tamil community from the
North & the East have been enlisted to the
Police Department in the year 2010, as there
was an urgent need for such offices capable
of performing duties in the Tamil language in
the newly re-established Police Stations in the
Northern and Easter Provinces:
On 01.06.2010 Police Constable 265
On 01.07.2010 Police Constable 54
On 01.06.2010 Women Police Constable 16
Total 335
A further recruitment of Tamil speaking Police
Officers will be done in future as follows:
Sub Inspector of Police 50
Women Sub-Inspector of Police 25
Police Constable 350
Women Police Constable 50
Total 475
Conclusion
Whilst the IAARC offers its gratitude to His
Excellency the President for all the directions
that were given at all times to facilitate the work
of the IAAC and the progress made so far on the
recommendations, the IAARC also takes this
opportunity to thank all stakeholders from civil
society and from government, for their unstinted
support and cooperation. While soliciting and
looking forward to the continued corporation of
all concerned in this national exercise of nation
building, the IAAC reiterates its commitment to
exploring further avenues towards the effective
implementation of the interim recommendation in
their full plenitude
Full report can be accessed at http://www.
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