The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to clarify. Within Sri Lankan law there are ways to enable international investigations. The OMP Act does not prohibit such participation. Also, when Hon. (Dr.) Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was in the Opposition, he presented a Private Member’s Bill that went before the Supreme Court, proposing foreign observers/judges in inquiries into removal of judges; the Supreme Court held it was not unconstitutional. So there is space within our framework for international participation. Do not say there is none. I also spoke of a Special Prosecutor’s Office on human rights violations; you yourselves have said the Attorney-General’s Department is overburdened and highly criticized. How can the State investigate the State when the State is implicated? You have also avoided responding to parts of my Motion such as the Chemmani mass graves.