US team in Colombo to bring pressure on the government
By Walter Jayawardhana
Amidst concerns expressed about Sri Lanka’s impeachment of the Chief Justice three top officials of the US state department are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jane Zimmerman and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Vikram Singh will travel to Colombo from January 26 to February 1. They will also proceed to Maldives from Colombo.
In Sri Lanka they are scheduled to meet with several high officials, members of some political parties as well as civil society representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including progress in implementing the recommendations of the post war commission known as the lessons learnt and Reconciliation Commission recommendations and national Action Plan.
Sri Lanka has been facing criticism over failure to prosecute those who were allegedly involved in human rights violations during the last stages of war with the LTTE.
Following a controversial impeachment process against the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayaka by the Sri Lanka government and filling the position with Mr. Mohan Peiris the country faced more pressure from the United States.
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Get an appointment with Hon. Minister Wimal Weerawansa for this US team to meet him. And the Executive should nominate him to meet them.
The guy on the right extreme phot appears to be a Al Quida implant in the US State Department.
That lady, Victoria, should take note of this guy. Instead of poking her nose into the internal affairs of our soveriegn state, Victoria should watch out for Al Quida infiltrators in their own country.
Certainly agree with you Vernon, the guy looks like a recent release from Guantanamo.
Vernon, Gerrard,
Maybe he is a rehabilitated person from Guantanamo. He will become friends with the rehabilitated guys we have in our Cabinet. That is good for US_SL relations. GLP should follow up this lead.
I hope Hon President does not buckle down to such pressure from USA. They should be welcome to his home town in Hambantota for a cup of tea beside the river and explained to them the corruption of the former CJ which is intolerable as we need an incorrupt Judiciary. She had been found guilty in accordance with the procedure of our Constition and she had been sacked. USA and any other imperial West country should be told boldly that their gross interference is not welcome here, otherwise their embassy can also pack their bags and go home.Why don’t these three blighters go to Saudi Arabia on their return leg and investigate the barabric murder of an innocent domestic worker in SA on trumped up charges in accordance with their barbaric and inhuman sharia law which totally medieval? Why don’t they try to save the other 70 domestic maids who are on death row in SA from a horrible beheading?
Sri Lanka must enjoy the right to mass murder, rape and abduct men and women. so please do not visit Sri Lanka.
If CJ impeachment is non-ethical then GOSL should put up efforts to show the true picture to the world. We have black marks all over the country not again like this. So act if CJ is truly corrupted.
Parliament is full of corrupted politicians, President should act faster as similar manner to pull them out or rehabilitate all of them.
We need our country !!!!
Mohan Peiris is more corrupted than Dr.Bandaranayaka. Corruption is not the problem for president at all but others.
Main reason is recent judgements made by Dr.B. They are not her problems perhaps. For example Z-Score problem was created by the government. Everyone who knows alphabet of statistics , previous method of calculation was wrong but 2 ministers, and sadly vice chancellors denied it.