New Laws to Deal with LTTE - AG

Thursday, 01 September 2011 14:20

The government is considering enacting new laws under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to handle possible future and past terrorist activities by the LTTE as the emergency regulations that were imposed on and off for the past 30 years cease to be in operation from today.

A new bill on the termination of the emergency and consequent provisions will be presented to Parliament very soon.
The Attorney General Mohan Peiris told the media yesterday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has declare four regulations under section 27 of PTA to handle matters related to the terrorist organization and related matters in the absence of the emergency law.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 25 proposed not to extend emergency regulations which subsequently came into effect from last night.
The new regulations cover the continuous proscription of the terror outfit and its front organization Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), maintenance of LTTE suspects held under Detention Law and in remand custody as well as those who have surrendered and those who are undergoing rehabilitation.
The new declarations will come into force once the emergency lapse and will provide the legal framework to handle the LTTE threats, the Attorney General said.
The Attorney General has said that the removal of emergency regulations will not result in the release of some 6,000 persons detained under the emergency regulations and their release or prosecution is to be decided case by case.

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