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Making Of A “Free Crime” Zone
Basil Fernando
Social reformers in some countries have spoken about crime free zones. This meant putting special effort to experiment with the possibility of making a particular area within a country crime free. The purpose of doing that is to create a model which would gradually spread into the whole country so that the crime would be reduced or eliminated gradually.
This same idea is embedded in the making of criminal justice systems. The idea of control of a crime through proper criminal investigations through competent and confident officers, through impartial prosecution systems and a judiciary that will uphold the basic principles of fair trial are all meant to reduce crime drastically if not for altogether eliminating crimes.
Has The Political Victimization Commission Committed Serious Offences?
Basil Fernando
The recommendations by a Commission appointed by the President, recommending that a large number of criminal cases that have been filed in the Courts of Sri Lanka be withdrawn, is the deadliest blow that has been dealt to the administration of justice in Sri Lanka. If this recommendation is put into effect, the consequence would be that of replacing the Judiciary of Sri Lanka with anyone that the President may choose to appoint in order to annul any of the proceedings that are instituted in a court of law. Thus, it would be impossible for the system of the administration of justice to recover from this blow if these recommendations are allowed to be put into effect.
By Basil Fernando
(Lanka-e-News -27.April.2021, 8.30 PM) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith presided over the 21st of April commemoration with the participation of other religious leaders. Talking about the issue, he has said that the problem is not just about Catholics, but that it is about the whole country. According to him, he sees the problem of terrorism and extremism as factors behind The Easter Sunday attacks. His repeated complaint is that those who are behind the attacks have not been identified. And he warns that this may create a dangerous situation for the country.
While it is true that there is a complete failure to investigate the crimes which were committed on the 21st of April 2019 and therefore there is a serious consequence following from that to the whole society, a question that even the Cardinal does not address is what is the serious problem that has made these bomb attacks possible and what has created the circumstances to prevent investigations into the matter withi
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