Maithripala Sirisena Re-emphasize no foreign judges in domestic process

The President Reiterates that no foreign judges in the domestic process of Inquiry. President Maithripala Sirisena has reiterated that he will not agree to have foreign judges in the judicial process after investigating incidents related to the war.

Speaking at the Law Conference in Wadduwa, the President said that he has faith in the local judiciary and he feels all that needs to be done is to strengthen the judiciary and ensure it is independent. International human rights groups have been calling on Sri Lanka to invite foreign judges to ensure the domestic process to investigate human rights abuses related to the war are credible. “If there is a need to conduct a judicial process after investigating human rights abuses, I will not agree to invite the foreign judges to come to Sri Lanka and be involved in that process,” he said. The President said that there were times the local judiciary faced various allegations and times, where local judges were removed from office in an unfair manner. But, however Maithripala Sirisena says that his Government has taken steps to ensure the local judiciary is allowed to operate freely without any political pressure.