HRCSL recommends govt. to permit safe return of GR, his family

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The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) in a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has recommended the Government to take all necessary steps to assess the threat situation and provide the former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family with the security protection provided under the law to safely return to the country whenever he makes such a request.

HRCSL Chairperson Rohini Marasinghe and Commissioner Dr. Nimal Karunasiri informed the president that the family of Gotabaya Rajapakse, now living aboard, is entitled to the protection of the law to a safe return to the country.

The HRCSL recommends that the government provide adequate protection to the family of Gotabaya Rajapakse to return to the country.

Several complainants were received by the HRCSL alleging that Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had tendered his resignation under threat and coercion. And the government had failed to provide adequate security to Gotabaya Rajapaksa during this period. And now, the Ex- President and his family intend to return to the country, according to the letter to President by the HRCSL.

The complaint is based on the premise that the Ex-President and family cannot return to the country due to the prevailing threats they face and that it violates fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution for every citizen.

The HRCSL has gone through the complaint. lt grossly violates the fundamental rights guaranteed to every citizen if that citizen cannot return to the country for extraneous reasons beyond his control and which are within the control of the State to eliminate.

Primarily it is inherent for all citizens to return to their country whenever such a citizen seems necessary. "Every citizen is entitled to the freedom to return to sri Lanka,, (Article 14 (1) (i) It is alleged in the complaint that Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family, who are citizens of this country, are unable to return to the country due to prevailing threats to their lives.

It unequivocally violates fundamental rights if all persons are not guaranteed equal protection under the law. "All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law,,(Article tZ (1).

The complaint further alleged that the Ex-President could not return to the Country unless the Government guaranteed the security he is entitled to under the law as Ex-president of Sri Lanka.

The Commission said that it has observed that Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is entitled to certain privileges and benefits as an Ex-President established under law.

The HRCSL said that the Law enforcement officials of Sri Lanka should assess the threat situation that would affect the violation of the fundamental Rights of Gotabaya Rajapakse and his family now living abroad to return to the country and take all reasonable and appropriate means to prevent and or remedy such infringement within the framework of the law of Sri Lanka and permit their safe return to the country. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)

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Comments - 8

Don Tuesday, 23 August 2022 12:27 PM

Of course. He can return to Sri Lanka. However no one told him to leave the country. No one threatened to his life. Ass asked him to resign as he could not do the job citizens gave him. Even now no one is threatening his life. This is a ploy by Pohottuwa slaves to create fake situation and take political advantages. Our idiotic people would walk into this and eat the rope. This is a ploy to use PTA act continually to crush people criticize these goons including Run-Nil

Roisin Tuesday, 23 August 2022 01:08 PM

Namal will be the elected president within 10 years. People will never learn. Look at the Philippines.

Sokrates Tuesday, 23 August 2022 01:12 PM

An honorable politician and gentleman does not need personal protection. The country does not need a politician who does not fall into this category.

Ram Tuesday, 23 August 2022 01:19 PM

Gota will be safe. People cried him to go home but he went overseas. Letter sent to Ranil so help Gota to return safely is of no use as Ranil does not want him to return

ajith Tuesday, 23 August 2022 02:57 PM

what about the lives of the people which he was supposed to protect as the President

Retired Chief Inspector Tuesday, 23 August 2022 03:44 PM

The country that created the complete economic downfall in Sri Lanka is India. Sri Lankans may demonstrate against Gota coming back but the threat for him is from the Indian group “ Buffalocitizen, Punchi, Vithura, Geeta “ operating to destroy anyone who supported Chinese investments in Sri Lanka . It has taken some time for us to identify this group operating from inside and out of the country.

Hole in the bucket Tuesday, 23 August 2022 08:49 PM

We will be very, very happpppy to welcome him at the airport and escort him all the way to Colombo or Hambantota with Jing bang and kasa bera. And let us hope he reciprocate by giving back all the money he and his cohorts plundered from the people. There is a big hole in the bucket.

Coo Mawatha Wednesday, 24 August 2022 01:42 AM

@Retired Chief Inspector: So your extensive sleuthing and forensic auditing skills has led you to conclude that India lent money at ‘exorbitant interest rates to build white elephants like Hambantota Port, Hambantota Airport, Lotus tower, Colombo port city’, and also India manipulated the 6.9m to elect a corrupt, incompetent and a racist 225 to bankrupt Sri Lanka. Hmmm…a bottom part of your anatomy must be very very jealous that your head is full of stuff that belongs to it.

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