A group of United National Party (UNP) parliamentarians had today met with the Heads of Mission of France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania and the UK High Commission in Sri Lanka to discuss the controversy surrounding moves to re-enforce the death penalty in Sri Lanka.
The delegation of UNP MPs included Bandula Lal Bandarigoda, Kavinda Jayawardena, Hector Appuhamy and Mujibur Rahunan.
Following the meeting between the UNP MPs and the EU Heads of Mission, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) issued the following statement in agreement with the Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania and the UK High Commission.
“The EU Heads of Mission (HoMs) received a visit by a group of United National Party parliamentarians today to discuss the death penalty,” the statement has said.
The Delegation of the EU has further noted that during the meeting, the HoMs had restated the strong and unequivocal opposition of the EU and its Member States to capital punishment in all circumstances and in all cases.
“The HoMs reiterated their call to Sri Lanka to maintain its moratorium on the death penalty with a view towards complete abolition,” the EU has added.
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