Yes, it's absolutely damaging to the reputation of the Commonwealth if it's to stand for anything other than a club based on its historical links and its trade ties. I think that it's going to be extremely difficult for the Commonwealth now, or for CMAG, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, to take action against any other country over its human rights record unless it's very clearly a violation of elections and a military coup. Other countries will simply say, “Look at Sri Lanka, your chair has done all these things. Why are you picking on us? We're not as bad as them.” That will make it very difficult for Sri Lanka to be part of CMAG and be, in a sense, policing other countries' records.
The fact that Sri Lanka is going to chair the Commonwealth for the next two years and potentially might even get into a position where it chairs and hosts human rights meetings on Sri Lankan soil is a bit of a travesty, isn't it?