Several initiatives have already been taken to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into political victimization (the CoI) including the obtaining of Cabinet approval, the establishment of a Special Commission of Inquiry and a resolution tabled in Parliament. While Commissions of Inquiry have played a recurring role in distracting attention away from established mechanisms for justice and accountability in the past, the haste with which the recommendations of the present Commission are intended to be implemented is a cause for concern and may have grave implications for the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law and democracy in Sri Lanka.
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By S.S. Selvanayagam
Former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Shani Abeysekara (59), who is incarcerated in Mahara Remand Prison, yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights violation petition, seeking his safety and compensation of Rs. 3 million.
Attorney-at-Law Gowry Shangary Thavarasha filed the petition on his behalf in the Supreme Court.
She cited IGP C. D. Wickramarathne, ASP Neville Silva, and IP S. P. D. J. Nishantha, as well as Senior DIG Deshanbandu Tennakoone and the Attorney General as Respondents.
Petitioner states that she makes this application on behalf of Abeysekara, as he is presently in detention, and has also contracted COVID-19 whilst in detention, and hence unable to grant a proxy to an Attorney-at-Law or instruct Attorneys-at-Law.
By S.S. Selvanayagam
Former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Shani Abeysekara (59), who is incarcerated in Mahara Remand Prison, yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights violation petition, seeking his safety and compensation of Rs. 3 million.
Attorney-at-Law Gowry Shangary Thavarasha filed the petition on his behalf in the Supreme Court.
She cited IGP C. D. Wickramarathne, ASP Neville Silva, and IP S. P. D. J. Nishantha, as well as Senior DIG Deshanbandu Tennakoone and the Attorney General as Respondents.
Petitioner states that she makes this application on behalf of Abeysekara, as he is presently in detention, and has also contracted COVID-19 whilst in detention, and hence unable to grant a proxy to an Attorney-at-Law or instruct Attorneys-at-Law.