Lawyers of retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka will appear before the court martial and argue that their client cannot be tried under the Army Act, JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.
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NewsPAFFREL wants EC to intervenePeoples Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL) yesterday requested the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake seeking him to intervene to correct the alarming trend of sending police officers on compulsory leave and interdicting them just before the general election. Teachers forced to attend UPFA campaign meetings: StalinAn Elections Department official said yesterday even though the majority of candidates are grossly violating election laws they are unable to take any action against them beyond warning and advising them in writing. President to appoint committee to look into ethnic uprising: MinisterThe President will appoint a committee to look into the ethnic uprising in this country as a result of UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon’s decision to appoint a panel of experts Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said yesterday. ALLOWING MONITORS AT COUNTING CENTRES A GOOD MOVE: MINISTERMinister of Education and the General Secretary of UPFA Susil Premajayantha said yesterday allowing election monitors at the counting centres at the general elections is a good move. No nightmares for Maha Shiva RathriIn a message for Maha Shiva Rathri which falls today, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said this year’s festival was being celebrated in an environment free of fear and intimidation and in brotherhood and amity. The defeat of darknessIn his Maha Sihva Rathri message, United National Party (UNP) Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said the festival symbolized the defeat of darkness and the entrance into the realms of truth. He said: NFF condemns British interference in LankaNational Freedom Front has condemned both – the British Government as well as the Opposition for their sympathy towards the LTTE. UNP candidate gets bailUnited National Party (UNP) Ratnapura district candidate Dunesh Gankanda who was produced in court on charges of having assaulted some police officers and obstructing them was released on bail. SL WILL BE NEXT MIRACLE OF SOUTH ASIA: PRESIDENTSri Lanka need not be a second Singapore or a part of the United States or France because it has its own identity and is able to realize her political and economic potential with its own ideology, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Cops interdicted for misconduct at pollsPolice Head Quarters said two more police officers had been interdicted on charges of misconduct. It is alleged PC D.P.C. Kumarasinghe attached to Kantale Head Quarters division and a sub inspector R.K.P. Radaliyagoda attached to Katana Police Training School had violated election laws. STF recovers large haul of weaponsSecurity forces unearthed large quantities of arms and ammunition including one-hundred-and- one anti personnel mines and twenty-one 81 mm para bombs, during a search operation carried out in the Puthikkudyirippu, Palampadi and Iranamadu areas on Thursday. Dayasiri dispels rumours of leaving the UNP“ Some leaders of our party from Kurunegala who are not happy about my being the people’s preferred choice have begun spreading rumors that I have a plan to support the President. I am not a person who craves for position and benefit. IGP ordered to show cause for not carrying out ordersA Colombo Court noticed the IGP to show cause on April 30 as to why the Borella and the Wellampitiya police failed to appear in Court on the dates of inquiry as well as carry out orders given by Court. LANKA’S REFUGEE GUIDELINES REVIEWEDThe United Nations is reviewing its refugee guidelines for Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in a move that could see the Australian Government deny protection claims for the majority of asylum seekers from the two countries heading for Australia. 66 complaints of election violenceThe Police elections desk has so far received 66 complaints of election-related violence, elections desk head Gamini Navaratne said yesterday. Suspect jumps into Victoria ReservoirA suspect brought by prison officials to the Teldeniya Magistrate’s Court gave his guards the slip and jumped into the Victoria Reservoir prior to his being produced . Company to pay families two months wagesThe Saudi company which owns the vessel currently being held by pirates off the Somali coast with a 13-member Sri Lankan crew has decided to release two months’ wages to the affected families. Biggest drug ring bustedThe Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) said yesterday it had deployed several teams to arrest those associated with the drug ring that was recently busted after the police seized one of the largest stocks of heroin on Thursday at Muthupanthiya in Chilaw, PNB director Sisira Mendis said. Employees’ Pension Fund in the offingThe Secretary of the Ministry of Finance P.B. Jayasundera said, yesterday, that an Employees Pension Fund shall be established with the next budget. POLICE-LOG 13.03.2010
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