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‘...these countries are not PERSONALLY ANGRY WITH
US’ – Part III:
Rich, full and meaningful relationship with India
The late H.V. Perera, Queen’s Counsel, who sat on
the Rhodes Scholarship Board when I was selected as the Rhodes
Scholar of this country said, “You can find authority for any
proposition in some part of the world. The authority is not what
matters." He always told his juniors, “Argue from first principles,
be clear and logical and then you will find that these principles
can be supported by authority”.
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CJ Bandaranayake HOISTED by her own PETARD
One of the arguments thrown in to defend the
Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, claims that nowhere in the
world does Parliament / legislature sits as accuser, judge, juror
and executioner. It is argued that this is a violation of Baron de
Montesquieu's political theory of separation of power where the
legislature, executive and the judiciary are compartmentalised to
prevent one dominating the other.
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