Rajapaksa Government Playing Pandu With 13A
- Rift within govt over 13A comes out
- MR irked by ‘Mahindan Saranam Gatchcami’
Wednesday, July 03, 2013The 13th Amendment drama enacted by the Mahinda Rajapaksa government was in full swing last week with coalition members of the governing party openly criticizing each other on their stances on the move to amend the controversial piece of legislation.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Rajitha Senaratne, R. Sampanthan and Somawansa Amarasinghe
The discussion over the 13th Amendment has resulted in many other issues losing its due focus.A key issue that missed its due focus was the sudden transfer of the Matale Magistrate who was hearing the case on the Matale mass grave that saw the exhumation of 154 skeletal remains.
Forensic inquiries found the skeletal remains to be between the period of 1986 and 1990, during the period of the JVP insurgency.
The Matale Magistrate was hailed for her swift action in issuing directives to expedite the inquiry and on two occasions even faulted the CID for its failure to comply with the necessary procedures in conducting an investigation of such a nature.
When the case was being heard, the JVP in fact pointed out that given the Matale Magistrate’s commitment to delivering justice to the dead and the families who had lost their loved ones, would eventually result in a sudden transfer due to the involvement of government members in the mass grave saga.The Magistrate’s transfer follows the transfer of the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) of the Matale Hospital, Dr Ajith Jayasena.
