Sarath Weerasekara and Supreme Court Judges
P ictures and personal details of pedophiles, rapists and heinous criminals are to be published and publically be available, Sarath Weerasekara, Minister for Public Security and State, stated. He was very clear about the notion of ‘after identifying the criminals. However, judgers are jumping into a bandwagon against the minister on the basis of ‘presumption of innocence’ until proven otherwise before the law. That is as if the minister was not clear about the notion of after identifying. I f there is such a gray area exists, within a particular case, that of cause it would be a crime to name and shame. However, in most cases, as the minister mentioned, it would be rather evidential that that particular person has committed such crime. It is as if the Supreme Court judges are blind with the legality and procedures of cases; that in some cases naming and shaming could do such public good. We need to praise the initiative of minister and, once proven without reasonable bought, namin