Foreign judges – My decision will prevail: MS
Amid different shades of opinion being expressed on the involvement of foreign judges in the proposed judicial mechanism to inquire into allegations of human rights and accountability issues, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have said his decision would prevail at the end.
At a meeting with Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs in the joint opposition, Kandy District MP Keheliya Rambukwella pointed out that though President Sirisena was opposed to foreign judges, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said something different.
“There are different voices in the government. We do not know whose views are to be believed,” he said.
A United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution adopted on October 1, 2015, called for the setting up of a judicial mechanism made up of foreign judges.
The President said he held talks with foreign leaders and UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. He said he had taken a stand on this matter and it won’t be changed at any cost but however, he declined to outline his decision on the matter.
(Daily Mirror – By Kelum Bandara)
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The boss aid “he had taken a stand on this matter and it won’t be changed at any cost but however, he declined to outline his decision on the matter”.
So the boss has taken a “stand” on the matter but not a “decision”.
The entire population of Sri Lanka including residents of the North, East and Up-Country will not support Foreign Judges.
Local Judges are good enough; not so long ago we had a CJ who subsequently became a showpiece in political platforms. This “idiot” lectured many times from political platforms on judgements he had made as CJ including the one where he had a let a Tsunami Funds looter, scott free.
That’s the quality of the judges we have and we proud Sri Lankans, are satisfied with the performance of the judiciary. There’s another sitting judge of the highest court charged in a lower court over abusing domestic aides.
There’s another ex-CJ who bought bargain residential units from a court bankrupted developer for her sister in Australia.
There’s another CJ who bought a residential land in Colombo from a wheeler-dealer who had back filled a Municipal Council drainage reserve.
The merry-go-round, machang, we, Sri Lankans no? we enjoy kassippu machang, and a “suruuttu” once in a way. Who cares what the judges are doing, no?
our constitution does not provide for foreign judges it is useless to talk of bad judges appointed under the previous regime talk of the present chief justice and other judges appointed under the present regime
HE Sirisena is still the Executive President and he should ‘Take a strong Stand’ against his Foreign Minister Managala Samaraweera who is making contradictory statements to the media and thus to entire world.
Hi Eng M.V.R. Perera,
I assume Eng stands for Engineer.No body gives a sh_____ what your title is. Any body who is some body or no body can write to this blogg as long as they can make sense. \I think its time MY3 and all of his supporters stopped bringing up MR for every blunder that happens in the country. Why don’t they stop pointing out the wrong done by MR and point out the good they have done if there are any.
Eng. is a title given by a Act of Parliament to Chartered Engineers