US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (27) to discuss how Sri Lanka arrived at this point of economic and political crisis and how the two countries can work together to navigate towards a brighter future for all, following a rather confrontational meeting last Friday (22), immediately after the controversial removal of the protestors who had been illegally occupying the Presidential Secretariat, which had taken place in the early hours of that day.
On her official Twitter account, the US envoy said yesterday: “Our countries and our people have been friends and partners for more than 70 years, relationships that will flourish in a Sri Lanka that embraces good governance, respects human rights, and listens to the aspirations of its people.”
However, following the meeting last Friday, Chung posted on Twitter that she had expressed grave concern about the disruption to the protests at the meeting.
“Just met with President Ranil WIckremesinghe to express my grave concern over the unnecessary and deeply troubling escalation of violence against protestors overnight. The President and Cabinet have an opportunity and an obligation to respond to the calls of Sri Lankans for a better future. This is not the time to crack down on citizens, but instead to look ahead at the immediate and tangible steps the Government can take to regain the trust of the people, restore stability, and rebuild the economy,” she had said.
At the 22 July meeting with Colombo-based diplomats, President Wickremesinghe had told the US Ambassador that the instructions given by the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-profit organisation founded in 1920 “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the US”, stated that protestors were not permitted to block Government buildings and interfere with other purposes the property was designed for.
He had also assured the diplomats present that both Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 14 (1)(b) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, which governs the rights of peaceful assembly, would be upheld by the Government.
US Envoy talks how SL got here and future path with President
28 Jul 2022
US Envoy talks how SL got here and future path with President
28 Jul 2022
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