US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz today said that Presidential pardon of Duminda Silva was undermining Sri Lanka’s rule of law.
“The Pardon of Duminda Silva, whose conviction the Supreme Court upheld in 2018, undermines rule of law,†Teplitz tweeted.
However, she welcomed the early release of prisoners held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
“We welcome the early release of PTA prisoners, but the pardon of Duminda Silva, whose conviction the Supreme Court upheld in 2018, undermines rule of law. Accountability and equal access to justice are fundamental to the UN SDGs to which the GoSL has committed,†she tweeted.
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The international community has to deal with Sri Lanka as a country with no rule of law and that is the reality.