There is a strong need to resolve issues related to the reconciliation process, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake said.
Addressing civil society organizations on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the Presidential Secretariat, he said if this effort is successful, there will no need for the country to go to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on this issue.
Mr.Ekanayake said President Wickremesinghe’s goal is not to pass the task of reconciliation in Sri Lanka to the next generation, but to solve it now.
At the meeting, views and suggestions were obtained from civil society representatives on the truth and reconciliation mechanism.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
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