| Court orders Prisons Commissioner to safeguard General’s Parliamentary privileges as an M.P. |
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(Lanka-e-News 22.July.2010 10.20PM) The Colombo Fort Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne yesterday (21) instructed the Court Registrar to intimate in writing to the Commissioner of Prisons to protect the Parliamentary privileges of the Colombo District M P Sarath Fonseka.
Following a motion filed by the Lawyers of Fonseka in Court and after examining the reasons cited by the lawyers , the Courts took steps to order the Prisons officers in writing that they ensure the rights of Fonseka to attend Parliamentary sessions including Parliamentary meetings : advisory committee meetings; party leaders’ meetings and select Committee meetings are duly granted.
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These measures were taken because the Army authorities did not allow Gen Fonseka to attend the Health and Nutrition Ministry ; Sate administration and Foreign affairs Ministry as well as the Select Committee meetings held in Parliament on the 16th of July.
Gen. Fonseka had made a request to the Speaker of Parliament to summon the Army Commander before the Parliament privileges Committee and question as to why he (Fonseka) was obstructed from attending the last Parliamentary select Committee meeting . The General who raised this matter as an issue of Parliamentary privilege claimed that the act of the Army Commander was in breach of his Parliamentary privilege. |
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