What is the use of parliament if UNHRC dictates terms? : GL
Former External Affairs Minister, Prof. G.L. Peiris had written to the religious leaders including the Mahanayaka Theras informing them on the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka and requesting them to intervene to reject the resolution from being implemented.
At a news conference held in Colombo yesterday (20) he said the UNHRC can only stress on violations of human rights but it cannot make a country to create political reforms or intervene into other internal matters.
“If the mandate of the UNHRC is to make us do what they think is best, then what is the point of having a parliament in the country? ” he asked.
He said the UNHRC has recommended through the resolution to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), to appoint a special Court to hear alleged war crimes charges, to take measures for power devolution including land reforms, to decrease the role of army in the North and to regulate retrospective laws, which are against the mandate of the UNHRC.
He said the intervention of foreign judges and prosecutors in the proposed war crime court, special office with foreign specialists to file indictments and proposed administrative investigations into security forces personnel even without charges cannot be accepted.
“However, the government has co-sponsored the resolution with the US without opposing it. It has accepted the charges levelled through the resolution. The UNHRC Chief also said that the resolution is a rather unique’ one as no country had backed such resolution in history. This decision of the government had also put the countries who had voted in favour of us at previous sessions in a difficult situation,” he said.
He also said, now, the UNHRC has proposed for special criteria when deploying Sri Lankan security forces personnel for UN peacekeeping forces.
Meanwhile, President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva charged the government decision not to publish Paranagama and Udalagama reports at UNHRC, was due to the objection of the TNA.
(Daily Mirror)
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please Sir, first of all we should ask ourselves a big question do we have trust in our judicial system, crooks murderers, drug dealers child molesters are given bail, yes we should remove the terrorism act as we do not have terrorists but we should bring in a law to punish politicians that create terrorism and ethnic problems, I think sir you are educated professor so please work make this a beutiful peaceful country as you know its only when our house is out of order that outsider tend to put their hand in so please lets get out house in order
“…. we should bring in a law to punish politicians that create terrorism and ethnic problems…..”
When we add corruption and purposefully misleading public on baseless allegations during the elections to grab power, we will not have any politicians left in Sri Lanka.
we now have confidence in our judicial system even to abolish the 13th amendment as the agreement between India and Sri Lanka is a dead letter as India did not keep to her side of the agreement in not disarming the LTTE , provincial councils are a white elephant forced on us by India who trained and armed the LTTE
My dear CONCERN, GL is talking against UN resolution being implemented and he rightly questions about the power of the Parliament when UNHRC dictating terms to us. Not about judicial system in SL..
GLP,
You are a disgrace to the legal profession in the country. In spite of being a former professor of law you were steering the former strongman and thug MR & co to rob and pilfer the country at a rate as if there was no tomorrow. You were aiding and promoting the strong man in falling out with all civilised external powers and keeping close ties only with notorious dictators like Gadafi.
You now ask “If the mandate of the UNHRC is to make us do what they think is best, then what is the point of having a parliament in the country?”. Is it not because the former parliament was totally corrupt under the dictator MR whose actions were racially splitting up the country? Justice and fair play was made a joke. Greese yakkas and white vans were the norm of the day. It was turning out to be a pariah state prior to the gallant and bold move by MS knowing very well that by doing so he was putting his life on the line. Now Pillayan is spilling the beans with the statement that MR had asked him to bump MS off whilst being in the same party. Sajin is promissing to spill the beans as well. Gota had more powers (in a bad way) than the head of the country.
GLP, you are now old and senile should hang your head in shame a retire for good.