Sri Lanka on Thursday reiterated that the proposed move by the UN Secretary General to appoint a Panel of Experts to advise him on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka on the Eelam War IV between the security forces and the LTTE is an infringement on the sovereignty of an independent Member State.<br/><br/>At a news conference here Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama insisted that these issues can be dealt with by Sri Lanka that already has full fledged local mechanisms like the judiciary, commissions of inquiry to undertake such inquiries.<br/><br/>Earlier this week the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at his routine monthly news conference in New York had told reporters that he is going ahead with the move to have a panel of experts to advice him on issues related to Sri Lanka and insisted that the measure did not violate sovereignty of the island nation.<br/><br/>Mr Bogollagama recalled that recognising these clear violations (attempt to violate the UN Charter and interfere in the internal affairs of a Member State) the Chair of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement on behalf of the 118 Member Non-Aligned Movement unequivocally expressed the Group’s concern on the announced intention to appoint a Panel of Experts by the UNSG to advice him on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>The Minister alleged that the timing of the proposed initiative to coincide with the general election scheduled on April 8 in Sri Lanka smacks of a deliberate attempt to derive political mileage by providing unnecessary fodder to the opposition, to local and international apologists of the LTTE including to those remaining elements of the LTTE currently active abroad.<br/><br/>Referring to the recent written replies of Sarath Fonseka broadcast on Channel Four, the Foreign Minister also said that Sri Lanka regrets that Channel 4 has continued to engage in partial and subjective reporting on events related to Sri Lanka.