Issue before committee

5 August 2010 10:55 am

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has granted permission to General Sarath Fonseka to present his case regarding the army obstructing him from attending Parliament to the Parliament privileges committee.

Fonseka, who is being kept at the Navy headquarters as a remand prisoner, lodged complaints to the Speaker on July 23 and August 4 that the army is creating obstacles in order to stop him from attending Parliament and consultative committee meetings.