"To denigrate and insult the parliamentarians of the National League for Democracy the authorities have classified them on the same level as the lowest class of habitual offenders who commit the worst kind of crimes for a living. They have been arrested and bound by bonds under the 1961 Habitual Offenders Act. 2. On 15-7-98, being aggrieved by these actions of the authorities and having as its main objective the preservation of justice, the NLD lodged a direct complaint in the Supreme Court under Chapter 4, Section 4(a) of the Judicial Affairs Law (26-9-88)..."