The Sri Lanka campaign, in an analysis of the new president’s first 100 days in power found that 21 of the 30 benchmarks that the NGO had set to judge the new regime by, had seen no substantial progress.
Highlighting that issues which saw a lack of progress “disproportionately affected the Tamil community,” the report found that the Sri Lankan government was “far less willing” to deal with issues such as militarisation and accountability, adding that “elements of policy still remain in the hands of a deeply embedded security apparatus whose attitude has not changed since the days of the previous regime.”
“The need for the international community to maintain its interest in Sri Lanka, and push the Sri Lankan government towards meaningful reform has never been more evident,” the Sri Lanka Campaign concluded.
The report highlighted that no progress had been made in several issues, including devolving powers to the Northern Provincial Council, issues to do with de-militarisation and resettlement, whereabouts and whereabouts of the disappeared.
See the full report and breakdown here.
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