Rajapaksa-ally criticises appointment of 'puppets' to presidential commission
The National Freedom Front, a key partner in the Rajapaksa-led UPFA coalition, has called the expansion of the Commission to Inquire into Disappearances to include foreign experts as a ‘mistake’, which could potentially put the president into ‘serious danger’.
NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa, in a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, demanded that he immediately amend the gazette, which allowed for the international experts to be appointed, as it allowed “external forces to interfere with domestic issues”, Ceylon Today reported.
The minister charged that the entire International Criminal Court system is "biased" and that the three advisors appointed to the commission were 'puppets' of western imperialism, according to Asian Mirror.