Legal action against the Chief Justice’s husband
Legal action is to be initiated against the Chief Justice’s husband, former Chairman of the National Savings Bank (NSB), Pradeep Kariyawasam as soon as possible, reliable sources said. The action is to be taken as part of the campaign against the Chief Justice that has been initiated by the President.
Tuesday, 02 October 2012
Legal action is to be initiated against the Chief Justice’s husband, former Chairman of the National Savings Bank (NSB), Pradeep Kariyawasam as soon as possible, reliable sources said. The action is to be taken as part of the campaign against the Chief Justice that has been initiated by the President.
Legal action is to be taken against several transactions carried out by Kariyawasam during his tenure as the NSB Chairman. The source who gave us the information said that once legal action is initiated against Kariyawasam, the state media is to commence a campaign questioning the moral right of the Chief Justice to continue to hold her post.
The initial plan was to take action against Kariyawasam over the controversial purchase of The Finance shares by the NSB, which led to Kariyawasam’s resignation. However, it had been learnt that Kariyawasam alone could not be implicates in the deal since the decision to purchase the shares were made as a collective decision. A special is team is therefore carrying out an investigation to find the issues that could be taken up against Kariyawasam.
The special investigations team is concerned over the silence maintained by Kariyawasam. Most members of the team believe that taking legal action against Kariyawasam and dragging him to court could boomerang if and when he makes an open court statements about the issues.
