The government claims that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Robert Blake has no right whatsoever to dictate terms to Sri Lanka on its judicial process adopted on the allegations against General Sarath Fonseka adding that Sri Lanka is capable of handling the issue according to the law of the land.
Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana addressing the weekly government news briefing at the his office today said that it is up to the Sri Lanka authorities to decide whether General Fonseka should be tried in a civil court or in a Military Court.
Minister Abeywardana made these comments in response to a statement made by US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Robert Blake to the effect that General Fonseka should be tried in a civil court.
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