Sri Lanka: Former Chief Justice calls Lanka undemocratic

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By Gandhya Senanayake - Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Siva charged today that Sri Lanka had become an undemocratic country by betraying all its human rights principles which it had signed with the international community over the years.

Speaking to journalists a short while ago, Silva stressed that by arresting Sarath Fonseka the government had gone against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

He further maintained that the Army Act did not apply on Fonseka as Army Commanders were not commissioned officers or enlisted soldiers and if there were any complaints against Fonseka, then the government should try him under the civil law.

“If Fonseka had committed some offence, he should have been arrested under the civil law,” Silva said.

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