Government to take legal action against anyone who testifies

 Wednesday, 09 April 2014 

The Mahinda Rajapaksa government says that legal action will be taken against any person who testifies before a commission that would carry out an international probe on Sri Lanka according to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

“We will take legal action against anyone who testifies before this commission, if the evidence submitted by them is in violation of the country's Constitution,” Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted in local media as saying.

“If we permit an international investigation it will heavily infringe upon the sovereignty of the country,” he has observed.

Rambukwella has also reminded that a member of the parliament cannot testify before such an inquiry since they have sworn allegiance to the Constitution and taken an oath to protect the country’s sovereignty when they assume the membership of parliament.