No visa for IBA members if planning to intervene in SL’s internal issues

Disna MUDALIGE

The impeachment process against former Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranaike, carried out fully in line with Constitutional provisions, is 100 percent an internal matter of the country.

International Bar Association (IBA) members will not be provided visa if their intention is to question the country's internal and constitutional matters, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

Responding to a question by a journalist at the Cabinet press briefing at the ministry auditorium yesterday, the minister said they would be allowed to come to the country for any other purpose such as to spend a holiday or tour, but no space would be provided for them to intervene into the internal matters of the country.