Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has said he hopes US President-elect Donald Trump would grant redress to his country by not pursuing the human rights accountability charges against it. <br/><br/>Addressing a membership drive of his party in the southern town of Galle yesterday, the President said, he will write to Mr Trump to free them from these accusations.<br/><br/> Mr. Sirisena said, he was able to save the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and country's soldiers by giving the UN Human Rights Council necessary messages.<br/><br/> The President's remarks are significant in the wake of evolving political situation in the country and formation of a new political party by Rajapakse's loyalists.<br/><br/> The former President, who was credited with defeating LTTE in 2009, was accused of massive human rights violations but he has used it as a rallying point to garner support from hardcore Sinhala vote bank. <br/><br/>Though Rajapakse is still a member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party, SLFP led by President Sirisena, he is openly opposed to government functioning and formed a Joint Opposition group in parliament. <br/><br/>The UN Human Rights Council, UNHRC had adopted three successive resolutions against Sri Lanka with the US taking the lead. The current administration under President Sirisena has taken a number of steps including setting up of Office of Missing Persons to probe the war crimes. <br/><br/>However, there has been little progress as far as implementation is concerned and this has invited criticism from minority groups.