Appointment of militant monk to head task force on uniform laws raises human rights concerns By P.K.Balachandran (NewsIn Asia) Colombo October 27: The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday appointed a Presidential Task Force (PTF) to study the implementation of the “One Country, One Law” concept and prepare a draft Act to bring about one law for all Sri Lankans, irrespective of religion or ethnicity. The move to get everybody to obey the same laws is laudable. The concept “One Country, One Law” is a hallmark of modern democracies.…
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