Sri Lanka, Aug. 14 -- The Government's proposal for the re-introduction of capital punishment will have a direct bearing on its lobby to retaining the GSP+ trade facility when exporting to countries in the European Union (EU) which has traditionally opposed it.

The decision was announced by the President's Media Division (PMD) after a meeting chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake last Monday.

The EU, in its latest GSP+ review report on Sri Lanka covering the period between 2023 and 2025, states 'Has the Court continued handing down the death sentence, despite the de facto a moratorium on executions since 1976?'"

"Although Sri Lanka has observed a de facto moratorium on executions since 1976, the courts continue handing down th...