Moves to scuttle APRC with foreign jaunt?

Munza Mushtaq in Colombo,
Steps are underway to send the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) to Northern Ireland and Spain to 'study' the system of governance adopted in the two countries, a local daily said . The move comes from very powerful quarters, The Nation learns, and Tamil political sources have expressed skepticism over the move, charging that it could also be an attempt to scuttle the process by delaying the committee from reaching an agreement.
The APRC, led by Chairman Prof. Tissa Vitarana, has been holding marathon meeting sessions in an attempt to reach a consensus and hand over a report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa before end January.
"The plan to send the committee representatives to Northern Ireland and Spain to study the asymmetrical devolution adopted in the two nations does not make sense, for the simple reason that one did not have to wait to send the committee abroad to study their systems of governance just weeks before the committee is set to wrap up its sessions," well-placed political sources noted.
They also emphasised that if one wanted to learn the system of governance of a particular country, there was absolutely no necessity to travel to that country to study it as one could refer reading material which gives in-depth details on such systems.
The Nation reliably learns that arrangements for the possible impending visit are being organised by a Non Governmental Organisation close to the government. However, the trip is yet to be finalised, the newspaper added.
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