Rethink CHOGM : UNP

7 June 2013 02:35 pm

The UNP said today it would request the Commonwealth heads to reconsider the participation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November had the government failed to fulfill its promises to the Commonwealth before the Northern Provincial Council elections.

UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera told a news conference the government had given numerous promises to the Commonwealth stating that it would take steps to protect Human Rights and also to establish independent commissions prior to the Northern Provincial Council elections.

He urged the government to establish independent commissions that were in the 17 Amendment to the Constitution and to take steps to hold a free and fair election in the Northern Province.

Mr. Samaraweera also said if the State heads participated at the CHOGM in a situation where the governments failed to fulfill its promises it would indicate that CHOGM approve of a governance of a dictatorship. 

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