The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says that no justice can be expected from the ruling government for the country’s minority Tamil people.

TNA spokesman and Jaffna District MP Suresh Premachandran stated that the government never makes accurate statements regarding the grievances of the Tamil people.

Rejecting the report compiled by the Court of Inquiry, appointed by the Army Commander to investigate and submit a report on the observations made by the LLRC and allegations made by Channel 4, Premachandran stated that nothing else can be expected from the government except such reports.

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday (10) handed over the 1st part of the Court of Inquiry Report to Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Speaking to the BBC, the TNA parliamentarian however rejected the facts contained in the report as completely untrue.

He pointed out that the United Nations had accepted and revealed to the world that around 40,000 civilian deaths had occurred in the final stages of the war against the LTTE and that in its internal report had concluded that 70,000 civilians had perished during the conflict.

However, according to research conducted by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) around 140,000 civilians were killed, Premachandran said.

The Court of Inquiry Report states that evidence before the Court has conclusively established that the Humanitarian Operation was conducted strictly in accordance with the “Zero Civilian Casualty” directive made by the President.