Friday, 25 November 2011 
Dr Vickramabahu made the following speech in this meeting.
Today there is a serious challenge to democracy in this country. On the surface, one sees only democratic tendencies. We can have press conferences and protest meetings. Elections are held and parliament, provincial councils and town councils are functioning, courts are operating with out state intrusions. But all these are pretensions.
There is a political terror regime working behind the scene. Justice is not done and people live in terror. It started in the Tamil areas, but now it has come to the south as well. The power of this illegitimate institute can be seen in the recent events. Senior political adviser to the President, Bharatha was killed by security personnel in broad day light in Colombo suburbs. WPC minister's house was surrounded and searched by security forces.
White van has abducted several around Colombo, while it is a common event in Tamil areas. Not only general Fonseka but thousands Tamil political prisoners are kept in unknown places while the government admitted over 800 are kept under PTA.
The nature of the state terror regime could be seen by the amount allocated to the defence and related departments in the budget. Latter dominates the entire budget. Executive presidential power is used by the terror regime to legitimize its actions. Executive presidency, envelopes and covers the political terror regime.
There is a logic behind, in keeping the General in prison, because, this political terror is driven by Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism and militarism. If the General is given freedom, his influence in the armed forces will be an obstacle to politicalisation of the military apparatus. Hence he is kept in prison through a travesty of justice. His image is demolished by subtle campaigns. He will not be killed but his personality will be demolished.
They survive on the theory that the war against Tamils brought fortune to Lanka. The terror regime is mainly used to protect foreign investers and brokers. It protects the plunder of local resources. The truth is that the war brought the biggest misfortune of political state terror on every body. We lost our freedom and our national resources. We can win democracy and freedom only by defeating state terror that hides behind the executive presidency. Rev Sobitha explained that Gandhi challenged the British Raj; then the biggest world terror, by mass actions. We must get together to launch such a mass struggle to defeat this dictatorial terror regime.
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Judge Warawewa harassed for judgment: Ranil
SUNDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2011
High Court Judge W. T. M. P. B. Warawewa who acquitted former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka of all charges in the white flag case has already been subjected to harassment, Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe alleged today. Mr. Wickremesinghe who was addressing a public meeting at Dematagoda said the computer which the High Court Judge was using at his chambers at courts has been damaged after this verdict.
The opposition leader said his party would raise the issue with regard to the judgment in Parliament.
Mr. Wickremesinghe referring to the dissenting judgment said the Honourable High Court judge was not allowed to read out his verdict in Court on Friday. He explained that the usual tradition followed in court was to read out all verdicts when the bench is divided. However he said this tradition was not followed in the Colombo High Court on Friday. (Yohan Perera)
Justice Warawawa faces death threats from MaRa regime
(Lanka-e-News -19.Nov.2011, 11.55P.M.) Justice W T M P B Warawawa , one of the judges in the white flag case has received death threats from the MaRa regime, according to reports reaching Lanka e news.Following these threats the judge is facing after the white flag case verdict had been delivered , he had to change his route he usually takes to his house. He is compelled to take another route .
In the dissenting judgment in the white flag case , justice Warawawa was the dissenting judge . He exonerated Fonseka of all charges filed against Fonseka. Though he ought to have declared his reasons in support of his dissenting view in court , he was not permitted by Ms. Deepali Wijayasundara , the President of the panel of judges yesterday (18) . This decline constituted a blatant and gross breach of revered court traditions , practices and norms
Owing to this action , the declaration of Warawawa in the case was completely blacked out from reaching the media. This high handed action of Deepali Wijesundara had provoked a storm of protests from among the judges triggering controversies, reports say.
It is the consensus of judges who wish to carry out their duties honorably and independently that these threats held out to justice Warawawa is a very ominous signal to the profession as it is militating against the performance of duties of judges freely ,fairly and independently . They claim that immediate steps should be taken to stamp out this evil trend.
