SRI LANKA REJECTS INTRUSIVE
RESOLUTION
* Hypocritical and smacking of
double standards
* Today it is Sri Lanka,
tomorrow it could be another country
* Pakistan says Sri Lanka needs
to be helped, not chastised
In a strongly
worded rejection of the resolution
on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights
Council, President’s Special Envoy
on Human Rights Minister Mahinda
Samarasinghe said that the
resolution was clearly unacceptable
due to its inherent flaws.
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President tells
SLFPers :
No room in the party for the
corrupt
President Mahinda
Rajapaksa yesterday said the
government is prepared to remove any
individual who is corrupt,
irrespective of their status, if
corruption can be proved with
evidence. President Rajapaksa
insisted that the SLFP will not
protect the corrupt. He said anyone
can make complaints to the
Commission of Bribery or Corruption
over corruption and corrupt
individuals and the Government will
never meddle with its affairs.
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China will continue to support
Sri Lanka _ CPPCC Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman of
the 12th National Committee of the
Chinese People’s Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Luo
Fuhe assured President Mahinda
Rajapaksa of China’s continued
support for Sri Lanka’s sovereignty
and his country’s commitment to
support Sri Lanka against groundless
accusations at international fora
when he called on President
Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on
Wednesday, states a release from the
Office of the Presidential Spokesman
and International Media Adviser.
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Indian Parliament
resolution on Sri Lanka:
Majority of parties back out
The all-party
meeting convened by the Indian
government to explore the
possibility of Parliament adopting a
resolution against Sri Lanka on
Wednesday night saw most parties
opposing such a move, leaving no
scope for it, PTI reported. At the
90-minute meeting, only DMK and
AIADMK supported the idea of
bringing a resolution.
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Final draft resolution rejected
by Sri Lanka at UNHRC
The following is
the text of the Resolution tabled by
the U.S. at the UNHRC in Geneva
yesterday: The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and
principles contained in the Charter
of the United Nations, Guided by the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants
on Human Rights and other relevant
instruments,
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
