‘SUMMON JUDGES IN CONTEMPT OF
house’
All judges who
violated Parliamentary privilege by
issuing orders to Parliament should
be summoned before the Parliamentary
Privileges Committee, National
Freedom Front (NFF) leader and
Construction, Engineering Services,
Housing and Common Amenities
Minister Wimal Weerawansa said.
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‘VERDICT FOR ANARCHY’ LIKELY
TODAY
A court verdict
that is aimed at destabilizing the
country and driving it towards
anarchy to disturb the peace and
progress after 30 years of war, is
in all likelihood possible today,
the Media minister Keheliya
Rambukwella told the Daily News
yesterday.
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A’pura flood victims to receive
Rs 50 m in compensation
Around Rs 50
million needs to be allocated to pay
compensation to persons whose houses
were destroyed by the recent floods
in the Anuradhapura district. Nearly
700 families will receive
compensation, Disaster Management
Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.
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President can
remove a SC Judge when impeachment
motion is passed in Parliament :
Procedure
followed in keeping with the
Constitution and Standing Orders :
Judiciary cannot change the
Constitution - Former Chief Justice
Sarath N Silva
Public Service
Commission has the power to take
disciplinary action :
An impeachment
motion is a disciplinary action :
What you are
saying is correct. There had been
impeachment motions even in the past
and even against me. But those did
not receive public interest. Those
were solved at that level. The most
important thing is there should only
be a Parliamentary procedure in this
regard. The extraordinary fact we
now have is that there is a judicial
procedure parallel to the
Parliamentary procedure. Then the
public have to consider both these.
A few days ago, the matter was
before the Judiciary and before that
it was before Parliament. This has
led to some confusion.
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President requests Saudi King
for release of Lankan maid
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa has requested the
King of Saudi Arabia to release the
Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek who faces
death sentence in Saudi jail on
charges of murdering an infant boy,
states a release from the Department
of Government Information Ministry
of Mass Media and In formation.
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