Making a statement in the assembly, Chandy, whose Congress-led UDF government came under attack from the LDF opposition over the earlier decision of Italy not to send back the naval guards, said the Supreme Court order restraining the Italian ambassador from leaving the country was a rare action.
"I am taking this opportunity to express gratitude to the Supreme Court, the Centre and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the firm stand they took on the issue," he said.
Referring to the notice for adjournment moved earlier this week in the assembly by Opposition blaming the Centre and the state governments for letting the naval guards leave the country, Chandy said, "Opposition even dragged the name of AICC chief Sonia Gandhi into the matter".
He recalled that on that day itself he, after talking to the Prime Minister, declared that the naval guards would be brought back to face trial.
"The Prime Minister had assured that diplomatic route would be used to bring the naval guards back," he said, adding "the Centre was also of the view that diplomatic immunity was not a mechanism to challenge the sovereignty and judiciary of a country".
The Supreme Court had on February 22 allowed the naval guards of Enrica Lexie ship Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girnone to go to Italy for four weeks to vote in election in their country based on the assurance of the Italian Ambassador that they would return to India in the stipulated time.
However, last week, Italy informed India that the naval guards, charged with the murder of two fishermen off Kollam coast near here in February 2012, would not return to India to face trial, triggering protests and outrage in the state.
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