Nov 01, Colombo: The impeachment activity against earliest girl Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake has been handed up to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today, Deputy Speaker, Chandima Weerakkody explained to media.
Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna in addition to MPs Shantha Bandara and also Arundika Fernando have paid your impeachment together with the signatures with 117 legislators for the Speaker.
Media Minister as well as Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella possesses shared with mass media this morning how the tranquility somewhere between the particular parliament along with judiciary were disturbed with the judiciary overstepping its role, prompting people belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to help bring to fruition the actual impeachment movement resistant to the Chief Justice.
Under portion 107 connected with Sri Lanka's Constitution, an impeachment activity requires signatures involving at the very least one-third of the 225-seat legislature before the idea is shown towards Speaker as well as the action in opposition to Justice Bandaranayake has compiled 117 signatures.
The motions is usually to be relocated to the base involving "chief justice's improper conduct". Local mass media documented that will your motion has been accepted through the President with the party leader's exceptional meeting yesterday.
Justice Bandaranayake was equiped for the highest easy chair on the height courtroom simply by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 18, 2011.
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