Bathiudeen complains to IGP about threats 

Thursday, 25 December 2014 

 

Leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress, former Minister Rishard Bathiudeen has made a complaint to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) claiming that the Police should take the responsibility of his life as threats have been levelled against his life as well as his political career.

Meanwhile, Bathiudeen speaking to the media yesterday said the government has spread religious hatred in the country and failed to build peace among communities.

However, Bathiudeen’s ACMC has split following the decision to back the opposition at next month’s Presidential election

Enemies Of The President’s Promise – Doc 2

By Rajiva Wijesinha -December 25, 2014

Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha MP

In 2011 I had personal experience of how diffident Lalith could be. After theDarusman Report came out, with its excessive attack on the manner in which Sri Lanka had dealt with LTTE terrorism, I thought it necessary to warn the President about what was going on. I saw him in his office and said we had done nothing to fulfil our own commitments. When he asked me what I meant, I cited two clear examples.

The first was the negotiations with the TNA, which had shown no progress. He understood immediately what I meant, and acquiesced straight away with the suggestion that I be put on the negotiating team. Ordinarily I would have been wary of putting myself forward, but there seemed to be no alternative, and the President seemed to agree.

The second point I made was that there had been no progress whatsoever on implementing the interim recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. He evinced surprise when I said this, and declared that he had appointed a Committee which was doing its job. But I told him I thought that Committee had never met, and that he should put me on it.

He agreed again, and immediately rang Lalith and told him to appoint me to both positions. He also told the Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, who he thought knew about the work of the Committee, to send me all relevant papers, since I told him that I should see the minutes of meetings and find out what had been going on, if I were to contribute.Read More