National Freedom Front leader and UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa today slammed the government for not responding to the serious and baseless allegations leveled at the security forces by the UNHRC.

In a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena, Weerawansa said that the country's sovereignty has been challenged by the UNHRC resolution, co-sponsored by Sri Lanka. The resolution suggests a tribunal outside the judiciary in the country and allows for the international intervention in the mechanism to probe alleged war crimes.

Furthermore, the Office of the High Commission on Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) report levels serious allegations at the security forces, to which the government should have responded, Weerawansa pointed out.

The OISL report, in its 571st paragraph, alleges that the army was responsible for sexual violence, while there in no evidence of such practice by the LTTE, Weerawansa pointed out. Meanwhile, in the 600th paragraph, the armed forces are accused of rape in detention. Furthermore, the 981, 982 and 983 paragraphs allege the army did not supply the displaced people with food, sanitary facilities and other essentials and left them to die, Weerawansa said.

Meanwhile, the report also says that the army indiscriminately shelled civilians, Weerawansa also points out.

He adds that these allegations are leveled by the OISL report irrespective of the fact that the army saved 290,000 hostages from the clutches of the LTTE in the last days of the war. The fact that these allegations are baseless is proved by some of the findings of the Paranagama Report, Weerawansa also argues.

Therefore, Weerawansa says the government should refute such baseless accusations and actively engage to spread the truth to the world.