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(Lanka-e-News-17.Jan.2014, 5.30PM) In much the same way as the chairman of the Bribery and corruption Commission got caught on bribery charges , Dr. Sri Varna Prathiba Mahanama of the Human rights Commission has got caught violating human rights most inhumanly by threatening a Principal (female) of a school within locked doors of his room for not appointing his daughter as the head prefect, thereby violating human rights taking advantage of the lawless climate in the country ,despite being a Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka (SL) under the regime of Medamulana MaRa who by now has earned a name as a great dreamer whose one dream is to make SL the ‘Asia’s miracle in the making’. As is always with all great dreamers so with our great dreamer of a President , getting to grips with reality is beyond his reach. Consequently , all his favorites appointed to high places are shattering his dream in reality , and fast making SL ‘ a debacle in the making’ , having come to know fully well their ‘lokka’ prefers day dreaming to reality .
The HRC which received a complaint that when selecting students for Anula Vidyalaya there had allegedly been a human rights violation had summoned the Principal of the school on that account to the HRC for an inquiry. When the Principal arrived at the Commission for the inquiry ,Dr. Prathiba Mahanama of the HRC had locked the Principal in his room and warned and threatened that if his daughter is not appointed as the head prefect , no selection shall be made to the post of head prefect from the board of prefects , and that if the Principal does not act in accord with his wishes , he will not allow her to be in the post of Principal for long. The Principal being a female was naturally shocked beyond belief. She had then under grave apprehension and anxiety made an entry in the log book regarding the blatant , unlawful and grave threat made by a Commissioner of the HRC.
Perhaps as was pointed out in the foregoing paragraphs , this kind of behavior by a Commissioner of the HRC who is appointed to that lofty position to hear petitions filed against human rights violations , taking the law into his hands shamelessly , disgracefully and degradingly , and threatening a female Principal of a school even without a petition having been filed against her , and holding out the gravest threats and intimidation only goes to prove that , no matter what the President of SL’s dream is , these scoundrels appointed to these lofty positions by him and none other are rejoicing making ‘SL a debacle in the making’ while their Medamulana MaRa the great dreamer is enjoying his pipe dream of making ‘SL the Asia’s miracle in the making.’
The Lanka teachers union addressing a letter in this regard to the former supreme court judge and chairman of the HRC , Priyantha Fernando states thus :
The SL HRC had intervened in connection with the selection of a head prefect for the year 2014 at Anula College , Nugegoda. Based on reports received by Lanka teachers union , the HRC had through this intervention given notice that when a head prefect is being appointed , a member of the board of head prefects shall not be appointed.
We understand that when the Principal of Anula Vidyalaya was summoned to the HRC on 2013-1-03 pertaining to a different complaint , a Commissioner of the HRC , had inquired about appointment of head prefects at Anula Vidyalaya and held out threats to her. It is reported that the Principal who faced this embarrassment and intimidation had made an entry in this regard in the school log book.
Hence , we hereby request that an investigation is conducted into this issue involving the HRC where the latter had inquired without a distinct complaint being lodged with it in relation to the alleged irregular appointment of head prefect at Anula Vidyalaya . Moreover , we urge that a transparent inquiry is made into this allegation , and if there is any irregularity occurring in fact , measures be taken to remedy it.
