Video: Ranjan to bring in death penalty

17 September 2015 12:01 pm

While condemning the statement made by the Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) Natasha Balendra,  the Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment Ranjan Ramanayake said he was taking measures to implement a motion in Parliament on  September 22 to execute the death penalty again in the country.

Referring to a statement made by the NCPA Chairman Natasha Balendra, the  Minister stated that NCPA is disagreeing with the death penalty as prevention to crimes of child abuse and she has suggested that minimum punishment should be ten years and the maximum punishment should be twenty years for those who are convicted of child abuse.

The Minister said as the chairman of NCPA she could not create these kinds of statements to the public because at present people want to execute the death penalty again, especially for child rapists.

“Observing such statements made by her, we recognize that she was representing the child abusers side” he said.  

Minister Ramanayake stated that he will obtain instructions from President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe before moving the motion in Parliament. He emphasized the public are furious at the incidents that took place recently and said it was time to bring about such laws to stop such crucial crimes.      

Furthermore, he noted that he also intends to present to new laws in the country for prevent child abuse cases. (Yoshitha Perera and Sanath Desmond)





 

Video by Sanath Desmond