
(Lanka-e-News -26.Nov.2011, 6.00A.M.) The 12 year long membership of Sri Lanka (SL) in the International Law commission which is affiliated to the UN Organization has been revoked owing to the reprehensible and deplorable conduct of the Rajapakse regime. This Commission comprises 34 countries and they are selected by ballot and must have held membership for six years. Last November 17th , when the elections were held , the SL representative , Dr. Rohan Perera was defeated. The commission which was appointed this time will be valid until 31st Dec. 2016. At the previous elections held in 2000 and 2007 , the SL representative Dr. Rohan Perera was elected polling a significant number of votes , while this time , he polled very few votes. Sri Lankans in New York say this defeat was because the MaRa regime’s diabolic tricks , treachery , rigging votes and falsifying elections results via computer frauds cannot be resorted to at the Int. Law Commission. But, according to information provided by international sources, the main cause of the defeat was , Palitha Kohona , the UN High commissioner in New York did not show any interest on this election , and Shavendra Silva who is the Deputy High Commissioner is an ignoramus on UN affairs. International legal circles are of the view that this defeat is a clear disdainful rejection of Sri Lanka based on the lawlessness that is prevailing in the country with all the legal Institutions and hollowed judicial traditions fast crumbling. |