Head of the Government’s Peace Secretariat (SCOPP) Professor Rajiva Wijesinha has in a letter to the Norwegian facilitators urged the removal of the current spokesman of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Thorfinnur Omarsson.
The SCOPP claims that the SLMM spokesman has been consistently involved in misrepresentations of the position of the Sri Lankan government and the SLMM. “I will not dwell upon several incidents regarding two local newspapers, after which at least the Head of Mission ensured corrections,” Prof. Wijesinha said.
The SCOPP chief says he has also written to the SLMM head suggesting that he tell Mr Omarsson, who is now on leave, that he need not return to the Mission instead of formally asking that he be dismissed.
“As you know, disgruntled elements can cause a lot of problems in a situation in which we must proceed with mutual confidence. I believe immediate action by you, as Mr Omarsson’s employer, will prevent the type of situation we experienced with Gen Henricsson. Sadly Gen Henricsson’s habits may be such as Mr Omarsson too has grown accustomed to, since we gathered from Gen Solvberg that he had worked together with Gen Henricsson for a substantial period,” the SCOPP chief said in the letter to the Norwegian special envoy Jon Hansson Bauer.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/21/news/8.asp)
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