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Viewing cable 06COLOMBO2033, SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT DEFENDS EMERGENCY MEASURES TO

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06COLOMBO2033 2006-12-08 09:55 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
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UNCLAS COLOMBO 002033 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT DEFENDS EMERGENCY MEASURES TO 
WESTERN AMBASSADORS 
 
REF: A) COLOMBO 2021 B) COLOMBO 2030 
 
1.  (SBU) In a December 7 address to the nation on the new 
emergency measures (in Sinhala, translation e-mailed to 
SCA/INS), President Mahinda Rajapaksa offered brief thanks to 
the members of international community that have rejected the 
LTTE's call for "Eelam," or a separate state.  He singled out 
the U.S., which, he said, along with allies, has supported 
Sri Lankan unity and independence over several decades.  He 
said all of Sri Lanka's foreign friends should behave 
similarly in protecting the country.  He sought to elicit 
international pressure to convince the LTTE that violence 
will not bring about liberation.  He noted that many 
countries, specifically the U.S., also face the challenge of 
terrorism, which is inherently undemocratic. 
 
2.  (SBU)  President Mahinda Rajapaksa briefed Western 
Ambassadors on the new emergency regulations on December 8, 
explaining that Sri Lanka is a democracy, but that LTTE 
actions had made stronger anti-terrorism measures necessary. 
Ambassador asked what measures were in place to safeguard 
civil liberties and human rights under the new provisions. 
Solicitor General Citta Ranjan DeSilva responded that the 
police could only arrest individuals suspected of an actual 
offense, that appeals were possible, and that the Supreme 
Court could set aside any arrest (and the law or regulation 
authorizing it) that is "obnoxious to the law." 
 
3.  (SBU) In response to a question from the Italian 
Ambassador about the impact of the new measures on the peace 
process, Peace Secretariat chair Palitha Kohona and MFA Legal 
Advisor Rohan Perera confirmed that the emergency regulation 
did not affect Section 2.12 of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA). 
 There was therefore no reason for the LTTE to seize on this 
or any other part of the new regulations as a pretext to walk 
away from negotiations, they maintained. 
 
4.  (SBU) Deputy Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda, who 
wrote the ordinance containing the new regulations, explained 
to Pol Chief on December 7 that in fact, the President had 
used existing authority under the Public Security Ordinance 
to impose emergency measures by promulgating a regulation. 
The GSL had carefully studied U.S. and UK models for this. 
This was in order to fulfill his responsibility to protect 
national security, maintain public order, and maintain 
essential supplies and services.  Although this measure 
borrowed from the language of the suspended Prevention of 
Terrorism (PTA), it was not technically correct that the 
government had re-imposed the PTA.  The new regulation was 
effective immediately, but Parliament would have to debate it 
and could then extend it in thirty-day increments, as it does 
for the existing emergency legislation. 
 
5.  (SBU) Kodagoda placed great emphasis on the fact that the 
Sri Lankan government had for the first time developed a 
national definition of terrorism (as opposed to terrorist 
activities).  Their new measures were embedded in the 
international legal framework established by UN Security 
Council Resolution 1373, he said.  He asked whether we could 
arrange an appointment for him and his colleagues to discuss 
these issues with international lawyers and antiterrorism 
experts on the margins of the EXBS-organized Senior Level 
Exchange in Washington on December 11-14. 
 
6.  COMMENT: The new emergency measures essentially make it a 
crime to offer political or other material support to 
terrorist groups.  The only group specifically targeted, 
although not mentioned by name, is the LTTE.  We are less 
concerned about formal arrests than about detentions under 
the new regulation, and will watch carefully how the measures 
are implemented.  On the question of the definition of 
terrorism and the implications for international law, we 
agree it might be useful for Department attorneies from L 
and/or antiterrorism experts from S/CT to meet separately 
with DeSilva and Kodagoda on the margins of the Senior Policy 
Exchange if the opportunity arises. 
BLAKE