No legal obligation to go before court - Ranil

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said certain English Language newspapers harbour an agenda against Parliament.

He made this observation in Parliament yesterday raising a privilege matter. He said a certain overseas English language newspaper which has a correspondent in Sri Lanka and another local newspaper on January 2 and 3 carried incorrect news items about him. He said he never barred anybody going before courts. He asked how could he bar anybody going before court when there is no legal obligation to do so. He also said that the Speaker has ruled, that the PSC members had no obligation to go before court. He also said there is an issue with regard to procedure in moving the impeachment motion.

Wickremesinghe added that they have to adhere to the judgement of Justice Amarathunga on this occasion.

He also requested Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa to intervene on the issue that has arisen between Legislature and Judiciary tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said that the issue will be directed to the Privileges Committee.