Retract the Betrayal: Reject UNHRC Mechanisms and Protect Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty and War Heroes
On 8 May 2025, the Cabinet of Sri Lanka reportedly approved a set of mechanisms aligned with recommendations from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Though the full text remains hidden from the public, the direction is unmistakably dangerous: hybrid courts, foreign involvement, and legal frameworks designed not for reconciliation- but for submission.
Let us be clear. This betrayal is not by the government alone.
This is the work of deep-state actors and foreign-advised bureaucrats- those unelected, unaccountable officials who speak in the name of the state, but serve foreign interests.
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Legacy Is Being Undermined by Shadows
When President Mahinda Rajapaksa stood firm in 2009, he faced the world’s pressure with strength. He refused foreign probes. He safeguarded the military’s honor. He called terrorism by its name.
Today, his legacy is not being undone by elections or democracy- but by manipulators in the background, operating through so-called expert committees, donor-funded think tanks, and “legal reform” projects scripted abroad.
They whisper into the ears of ministers.
They dress foreign agendas in technical language.
They hijack the machinery of state and steer it against its own people.
Public Needs Are Being Twisted into Trojan Horses
Yes, the public wants faster justice. Yes, people are frustrated with legal delays.
But instead of strengthening our judiciary, the deep state now proposes to create a Public Prosecutor’s Office—a mechanism planted in our system by foreign hands, not born from constitutional necessity.
– The people said: “Hurry up criminal cases.”
– The advisors replied: “Let’s build a new foreign-modeled prosecution system.”
This is not reform. It is a Trojan Horse.
What we need is:
-Judicial upgrades
– Faster trials
– Administrative discipline
Not foreign-imposed structures that bypass our sovereignty.
The Real Target Is Not Justice-It’s the Military
Let us not be fooled. These mechanisms are not designed for ordinary justice.
They are designed to open the door to prosecuting war heroes- to satisfy international lobbies who still cannot digest Sri Lanka’s military victory.
Once these offices are in place, once foreign recommendations are codified, they will be used selectively and politically, with military officers and wartime decisions dragged into courtrooms to rewrite history under foreign definitions.
The Deep State Must Be Named and Dismantled
The public voted for a government. But what we now see is a foreign-advised bureaucratic class overriding democracy.
This parallel government—the deep state- is writing our laws, shaping our treaties, and surrendering our dignity while we sleep.
It is time to say what no one else will:
The deep state is the enemy of the Republic.
Our Way Forward: The Nationalist Alternative
We propose:
1. Immediate retraction of the 8 May Cabinet decision and all mechanisms derived from foreign advice.
2. No Public Prosecutor’s Office, unless it arises through public demand and parliamentary debate—not through foreign funding.
3. A National Truth Commission, created by Sri Lankans for Sri Lankans, without international oversight.
4. A War Memory Protection Act, legally defending our soldiers from retroactive prosecution.
5. A public inquiry into the foreign-linked advisors, commissions, and NGOs influencing national policy in secret.
The Line Has Been Crossed. We Draw a New One.
You cannot claim to protect Sri Lanka and sell out its defenders in the dark.You cannot speak of sovereignty while inviting Geneva to audit our courts.
And you cannot govern in our name while listening only to the whispers of the deep state.
If this government wants to serve the people, it must now:
Retract this betrayal.
Reject foreign legal control.
And walk the path of Mahinda Rajapaksa- unapologetically, nationally, and with pride.
– Jihan Hameed
The Nationalist
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