Comments on: The Advisory Council of Experts: A council, a council, my kingdom for a council? https://groundviews.org/2014/07/25/the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council Journalism for Citizens Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: ram2009 https://groundviews.org/2014/07/25/the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council/#comment-58674 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:01:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=16041#comment-58674 19,000 missing, 5000+ of whom are Sri Lankan soldiers, with the LTTE responsible for more than 80% of the ‘missing’ total. Anandi Sasitharan who had to face a crowd of several hundred Tamil mothers recently demanding to know what her husband had done with some 300 Tamil children abducted/stolen from their homes should be first to be made answer .

]]> By: M.C.M. Iqbal https://groundviews.org/2014/07/25/the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council/#comment-58673 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 08:14:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=16041#comment-58673 The fear that the Advisory Council will go the IIGEP way will become real only if the Advisory Council does not allow itself to be led by the nose by the Government. When IIGEP realized that the Attorney General who was leading evidence in the cases that the Udalagama Commission was inquiring into, appeared to be biased IIGEP took objection to the then A/G leading evidence. When the Government took up the position that the then A/G was in fact a neutral person, IIGEP sought the opinion of two eminent retired judges of the Supreme Court, the late Justice Mark Fernando and former Justice Wigneswaran, on the issue. Their considered opinion, citing judgements in earlier cases was that the A/G . was not an independent official. In spite of that the Government did not relent on its stand about the A/G. This was one of the key issues that eventually led to IIGEP aborting their mission.
The success of the Advisory Council therefore rests on the passion of its members to seek the truth on the issues on which they have been invited to advice. If, it is otherwise eventually the reputation of the personnel in the Advisory Council would get tarnished beyond repair.

]]> By: Nick Hart https://groundviews.org/2014/07/25/the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council/#comment-58668 Sat, 26 Jul 2014 03:54:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=16041#comment-58668 Perhaps more thought should be given to the fact that if this insurectionist ‘war’ had not been started in the first place then the subsequent ‘war crimes’ would not have occurred.

]]> By: Dev https://groundviews.org/2014/07/25/the-advisory-council-of-experts-a-council-a-council-my-kingdom-for-a-council/#comment-58665 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:22:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=16041#comment-58665 A great write up Sara. I too fear that it could go the IIGEP way.

It is also pertinent to read Bastians’s write up on this:

https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/changing-course/

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