Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday reiterated that there will be no foreign judges in an accountability mechanism reports Ceylonews.
Addressing a Buddhist religious event in Panadura in the presence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mr Sirisena said,
“As long as I am President I will not allow foreigners or organisations to interfere in the internal affairs. I will not give room for any foreign organisation to mount pressure on our judiciary or meddle with internal affairs.”
Last month, Sri Lanka’s Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council said,
“whatever the President or Prime Minister may say about foreign judges is not a final decree.”
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