Presenting national action plan to UNHRC bypassing Parliament, breach of constitution: Ranil
Posted by Editor on February 22, 2012 - 5:11 pm
Presenting the government’s national action plan on the protection and promotion of human rights to the United Nations Human Rights Council bypassing Parliament is a breach of Constitution, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesighe charged today.
Mr. Wickremesighe who made a special statement in Parliament today said this is a breach of article 43 of the constitution which stipulates that the cabinet of Ministers shall be collectively and individually responsible and answerable to the House. He therefore alleged that the government had bypassed Parliament by distributing the copies of national action plan in Geneva.
Courtesy: DM Online
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Ranil,
Did you not know that the days when the parliament called the shots are gone and it is now MR Brothers & Co who call them now. They are the investigators, judge and jury. You will be white vanned if you do not keep your trap shut, you silly man.
Mr RW should understand that our land is under the rule of the Kurakkan Satakaya clan.
The LTT had a similar similar operational arrangement; the difference is the one man rule in the LTT is replaced by a clan for SL.
Mr Dias will not agree with me and go to great lengths assuring us that all is good.
Mr RW, there is no valid constituional rule in SL.
A National Action Plan will be considered inadequate if it does not address the following:
(1) Persecution of the Tamils and other minorities must stop – once and for all
(2) Concrete steps must be taken to demilitarise the north and east of Sri Lanka
(3) Civil administration must be restored
(4) Tamils and other minorities must have basic human rights: the right to life, a fair trial, freedom of expression, movement and assembly
(5) The Sri Lankan Government must publish a list of all prisoners, and where they are being held
(6) The International Committee of the Red Cross must have access to all detention centres
(7) A neutral Commission must be appointed, by the UN, to safeguard property rights in Tamil areas, and to oversee resettlement programmes
(8) Sri Lanka must comply with the recommendations of the UN panel of Experts report, and arrive at a durable justice for the Tamil-speaking minority
Did RW get the sanction of the Parliament or the Cabinet of Ministers or even of his President CBK BEFORE he signed that infamous lopsided Peace Treaty with tiger leader VP with the concurrence of Norway facilitator?Do you think, TA, it is prudent to discuss highly strategic and secret documents with the local opposition before they are presented to the UNHRC? YOU DEFINITELY WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON TO LEAK OUT SUCH SECRET INFORMATION TO THE DIASPORA FOR THEM TO GET READY WITH OTHER CONCOCTED STORIES AS COUNTER ATTACKS.