Friday, December 15, 2006

Sri Lanka government says APRC expert panel draft is not a final document

Thursday, December 14, 2006, 14:43 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Dec 14, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today said that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) expert panel draft is not a final document and it is only a study paper.

“The paper in question was a preliminary observation report submitted by the expert committee,” Cabinet spokesman, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said. The 17 member expert panel was established to provide specialized knowledge and guidance to the APRC, he said.

There was the danger of the expert committee recommendations being interpreted as the ‘final’ stand of the government or the APRC while they only served as discussion papers for the APRC to work on, the Minister said.




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