Nepal, Jan. 15 -- A major political party in Sri Lanka representing the Tamil minority, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), recently asked its parliamentarian, S Sritharan to step down from the Constitutional Council after he supported the candidature of the government-nominated candidate-a serving military officer attached to the Sri Lanka Army's Audit Division-for the position of Auditor General. The ITAK has been opposed to the militarisation of civilian institutions in Sri Lanka, especially after the civil war.

Sri Lanka witnessed increasing militarisation of civil administration during the rule of the Rajapakses, both Mahinda and Gotabaya. The UN Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 of 2015 directed the government "to accelerate ...