(Lanka-e-News- 27.Feb.2015, 8.30PM) Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain had expressed her awe , amazement and delight at the manner in which the new minority government of Sri Lanka (SL) is carrying on its Parliament after the victory at the Presidential elections with a two third majority yielding to the wishes of the people , while highlighting that this is a novel experience in Democracy, the minister of justice of SL Wijedasa Rajapakse who is on an official tour of Britain speaking to Lanka e news revealed.
The minister of justice is in Britain to participate in an international conference of ministers of justice and attorney generals of 110 countries. Nearly 70 justice ministers are attending the conference while the attorney generals make up the balance.
When the Queen Elizabeth 11, hosted a dinner at the Buckingham palace on the 23 rd for the ministers of justice and attorney generals , she spent a long time with Wijedasa Rajapkse and his group engaging them in a cordial discussion.
Incidentally ,SL President Maithripala Sirisena who brought about these welcome changes is scheduled to tour Britain on 7th March . The Queen had revealed that she is looking forward to meeting the President on the 11 th. Rajapakse stated , the Queen who is past 88 years of age is fully aware of the present situation and the developments in Sri Lanka , going by her discussions .
The British deputy minister of justice Shailesh Wara and himself had bilateral discussions , when Wara had expressed his pleasant shock over the change that overtook SL , Minister Wijedasa further noted.
In the meantime , the minister told Lanka e news that while he is abroad , the JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake had made some foolish comments against him without an understanding of the actual facts. A video tape answer to him has been sent from London in this connection , he disclosed. The video footage can be viewed at the end of the report .
Anura Dissanayake has alleged that minister Rajapakse got the passport for Avant Garde owner to travel abroad . This is a false allegation the minister declared ,while adding that he did not sit as the magistrate . When Avant Garde owners told court that they wanted to go overseas to sign a contract which will bring in a revenue of US dollars 300 million for the country , the magistrate after weighing the pros and cons released the passport , and that he (minister Rajapakse ) had nothing to do with it, the minister pinpointed.
If Anura Dissanayake is trying to suggest that the minister of justice of SL is interfering with the courts , it is tantamount to contempt of court , and Dissanayake ‘ s allegations are to achieve cheap political mileage , the minister noted.
When the President and the Prime minister inquired from him about the legal implications pertaining to the floating armory, at the cabinet meeting as well as the national constitutional council (which Dissanayake also participated) , he had given his legal explanation and the background . Despite it , Dissanayake making these comments is something most regrettable , Wijedasa Rajapakse pointed out .
The video footage of Wijedasa Rajapakse is hereunder
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Country cannot have any armed group except for armed forces. Such a group can be used for nefarious activities.
-- by s kalpage on 2015-03-01
If MaRA was a dictator how could you write such awful falsehoods about him while he was still president?
-- by madi on 2015-03-03
