A massive demonstration was held at the Parliament roundabout yesterday in support of the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, being debated in Parliamenrt. Picture by Wimal Karunathilaka

Move to create rift between judiciary and legislature:

Two foreign powers behind destabilization campaign

The current wave of destabilization of the Courts system and the move to create a rift between the judiciary and the legislature, is being engineered by two foreign powers using their missions in Colombo, the Daily News reliably learns. The two foreign powers have been in direct liaison with Sri Lankan NGO operatives and so-called civil society activists, funding and otherwise assisting their destabilization campaign.

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Speaker firm on PSC report debate

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that he did not see any reason to postpone the debate on the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) report on the charges in the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake and ruled to commence the debate. The Speaker said if the members did not have adequate time to scrutinise the report, they could have raised it at the party leaders’ meeting.

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Lawyers’ protest, a damp squib

Despite attempts by a group of lawyers to scuttle the proceedings in courts, a vast majority functioned without any untoward incidents, sources said. Provincial sources said courts in a majority of cities functioned without inconveniencing the public. “Many courts islandwide functioned as scheduled without any incidents despite attempts by a few to scuttle work,” the Sri Lanka Freedom Lawyers Association (SLFLA) said yesterday.

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Loss of prestige, confidence of Judiciary:

CJ responsible says Keheliya

The present Chief Justice should be held responsible for the loss of prestige and confidence in the Judiciary, Cabinet spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. Addressing the Cabinet press briefing yesterday, Minister Rambukwella said those who served the Judiciary for a long period, never did anything to tarnish the prestige and good name of the Judiciary. “When the impeachment motion was brought against Justice Neville Samarakoon,

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