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| General not given permission to attend Parliamentary Committee meeting -Army Commander flagrantly violates Court order with impunity |
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(Lanka-e-News, July 16, 2010, 1.35PM) Despite a clear unequivocal order by the Courts that the Colombo District M P General Sarath Fonseka who is currently in Army custody shall be allowed without any hindrance to attend Parliamentary meetings, Committee meetings, group meetings and other discussions relating to Parliamentary matters, Gen. Fonseka was not provided with the necessary facilities to be present in Parliament at 9.30 a.m. today (16) for a Health Ministry advisory Committee meeting.
Although Fonseka is in remand, he is under the Army custody and detained at the Navy Headquarters. |
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In spite of Prison officers having made all the necessary arrangements to dispatch him to Parliament, the permission from the Army Commander had not been received. Even at the time when this article was published (10.20 a.m.) the permission had not been granted by the Army Commander to Fonseka to attend Parliament at 9.30 a.m.
In Sri Lanka, the only individual who is not beneath the Courts under certain circumstances is the Executive President. In that case, what constitutional provision empowered the Army Commander to override the Court order?, DNF MP Tiran Alles asked. |
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Those luminaries of the legal circles claim this high handed action of the Army Commander is a contempt of Court and derogatory of Court sacrosanct practices and edicts.
Gen. Fonseka is also scheduled to participate this afternoon at 2.30 p.m. in the State administration Ministry advisory working Committee meeting to be held at the Parliament. |
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