SLFP lawyers say:

Parliament has acted constitutionally

Dharma Sri Abeyratne

Every step taken by Parliament with regard to the impeachment is in accordance with the power vested in it by the Constitution, representatives of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Lawyers Association said.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party Lawyers Association members DP Mendis, Champani Pathmasekara, RAP Ranawaka and Gamini Ekanayaka are addressing the media. Picture by Sarath Peiris

Chairman of the Association, D P Mendis PC said the Constitution has clearly mentioned the procedure to be followed when an impeachment is tabled before Parliament.

According to the guidelines of the Constitution, a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) has been appointed to probe into the allegations levelled in the impeachment.

The impeachment motion containing 14 charges is being probed by the PSC.

Lawyer Champani Padmasekara said supreme power is with the people of the country even though, the executive, legislature and judiciary performs their own roles.

"The supreme law is the Constitution," he added.

"However, various parties are spreading baseless views and ideas regarding this constitutional function taken by Parliament with a view to plunge the country into anarchy. It is clear that they are performing and putting into practise their hidden agendas,' he said. The members requested the people not to fall prey to those people with their hidden agendas.