Presidential directive to attack the Chief Justice
Monday, 24 September 2012
The President has summoned several ministers to Temple Trees on the 19th and asked them to commence a media campaign against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake in the next few weeks, sources from Temple Trees said.
Monday, 24 September 2012The President has summoned several ministers to Temple Trees on the 19th and asked them to commence a media campaign against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake in the next few weeks, sources from Temple Trees said.
The President had summoned Ministers Dullas Alahapperuma, Mervyn Silva and Rohitha Abeygunawardena and SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe a few minutes before leaving for India and issued the directive.
The President has said that apart from the Chief Justice, Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Manjula Thilekaratne also be targeted. The President has noted that these two persons were ignoring him and that it should not be allowed.
According to the President, the JSC had given an unfair transfer to Anuradhapura Magistrate, Dharshika Wimalasiri and he had asked the Chief Justice and the JSC to cancel the transfer when she had approached him. However, the Chief Justice and the JSC had ignored the request.
The President has also said that the Chief Justice was now ignoring even his brother, the Speaker of parliament.
An angry President has charged that the Supreme Court observation on the Divi Neguma Bill was sent by the Chief Justice to the Secretary General of parliament without sending it to the Speaker.
The President had given a file containing details of alleged irregularities committed by the Chief Justice’s husband and former Chairman of the National Savings Bank (NSB), Pradeep Kariyawasam. Details of the contents in the file had been explained to the ministers by Working Director at the NSB and the President’s astrological advisor, Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena.
The President has asked Alahapperuma to publish stories in websites that the Chief Justice was having an extra marital affair with the JSC Secretary. Alahapperuma at the time had been reprimanded by the President for not actively maintaining the websites started by him.
It is learnt that the websites referred to are www.srilankaxnews.lk andwww.srilankaleaks.com.
After the conclusion of the discussion, Alahapperuma has told the President that he was going to commence a new website called,www.mathara.lk and that it would ensure that the emergence of the Durawa caste in politics in the Matara District would be destroyed while the Govigama clan would remain supreme in the area.
He has added that assistance from his sister an additional district judge, Sujatha Alahapperuma could also be sought in the operation against the Chief Justice.
After listening t Alahapperuma, the President has said that he should ensure that the websites are actively maintained after starting them.
The Minister has assured the President that he would re-commence operations of the websites in the next few days. He has added the a new team to headed by activist of the New Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Udaya Hiththetiya would be appointed to carry out the operation.
