| -at this rate appointment of a war Tribunal is inevitable |
 (Lanka-e-News-30.March.2012, 11.50PM) A group of Lawyers in Washington stated that the Govt. by vacillating and failing to arrive at a definite stance pertaining to the Geneva resolutions, and making blind and contradictory announcements is creating a serious dent in the image of SL while they are also militating against the country .• Dr. G L Peiris officially announced earlier that no matter the consequence, the Govt. will not act based on the Geneva resolutions . Subsequently the Cabinet spokesman , another Minister of this same moribund Govt. contradicted Dr. Peiris’ stance and declared that it was not the official stance of the Govt. However when Dr. Peiris reiterated his earlier announcement in Parliament today , it created a big confusion , and according to the Washington Lawyers speaking to Lanka e news , this is detrimental to SL. They point out that internationally a personal stance of the foreign Minister is not acceptable , for on some day , the President too can make an announcement and say it is his personal stance which the world will not accept. Now , not only Geneva but even Washington is focused on the happenings in SL . The same lawyers asserted ,Washington is rudely shocked and disillusioned over the following recent incidents in SL: • When Robert O Blake was in Colombo , a suspect brought to court with security was abducted by the white Van criminals while the suspect was still within the court precincts. • The release of the white Van criminals scot free by the Govt. after they were captured in Kolonnawa and handed over to the police . • When the Western province member was abducted and was being transported in the white van, after phone calls were made to the President and defense Secretary , the victim was released by the white van criminals following instructions from the top. The Washington Lawyers asked , why the SL legal sphere does not give advice to the Govt. on this issue ? They stated that earlier they proffered advice to this stupidly arrogant Govt. but , since they did not pay heed at all , they are requesting Lanka e news to reveal this information. Though it is Mahinda Rajapakse who has been the President for the longest period only second to the former President J R Jayawardena , the former had not been adept in his approach to diplomatic dealings. The Washington Lawyers regretted that they have never witnessed this amount of monumental diplomatic bungling in SL before. They added that the bird brained attitude of Rajapakse towards foreign relations is fast plunging the country into total chaos .If the International human rights Council resolutions are unheeded and discarded , the UN security Council can bring a proposal against the Govt. ,and based on that , a War tribunal with judicial powers could be appointed to investigate the war crimes, the Washington Lawyers warned. Such a tribunal is not an international war court, but vested with sweeping powers more than an international court, they noted. Although Ranil Wickremesinghe says, as we have not signed the Rome treaty , a SL citizen cannot be hauled up before the International court, that rule does not apply to a war tribunal appointed by the International Security Council , the Washington lawyers pinpointed . Besides Ranil’s view is untenable because if justice is to be meted out according to what Ranil says, any murderous regime , (MaRa’s not excluded ) in this world can disclaim criminal liability by not signing these treaties and claim’ we are free. You can’t touch us’. The lawyers emphasized that the laws have been enacted and promulgated in this world from a different standpoint. |
