Act in conformity with SC decision and avert conflict between judiciary and legislature – Opposition stance
(Lanka-e-News -22.Nov.2012, 11.55PM) The UNP , JVP and the TNA have decided yesterday evening (22) that the Parliamentary select Committee acts in conformity with the decision given by the Supreme court on the impeachment motion brought against the chief justice ( CJ). The opposition parties announced that they would be taking up this for discussion at the Select Committee meeting on the 23rd morning.
The CJ has been summoned before the select Committee at 10.30 in the morning on the 23rd. A spokesman for the UNP said, the SC decision had still not been received , but based on media reports the SC had acted according to the constitution and not in conflict with the Parliament . It is the view of the UNP that the Parliament standing order shall be amended in accord with the SC verdict in regard to the impeachment inquiry. Going by the decision f the SC on the 22nd , until the legal tangles in the impeachment process is clarified , it is imperative that the Select committee proceedings be put on hold.
The UNP stance is there should be no constitutional conflicts created , according to what they revealed to Lanka e news. The view of Sambandan of the TNA is also same , the UNP sources added. The UNP also pointed out it will be most repugnant ,unfair and unwelcome if the MPs are to mount charges , also sit in judgment and mete out punishment . Such a system is to create a pernicious precedent . When Lanka e news inquired from a politburo member of the JVP , he said, their stand is, until the legal tangles are cleared as decided by the SC , the Select committee inquiry be put on hold
(Lanka-e-News -22.Nov.2012, 11.55PM) The UNP , JVP and the TNA have decided yesterday evening (22) that the Parliamentary select Committee acts in conformity with the decision given by the Supreme court on the impeachment motion brought against the chief justice ( CJ). The opposition parties announced that they would be taking up this for discussion at the Select Committee meeting on the 23rd morning.The CJ has been summoned before the select Committee at 10.30 in the morning on the 23rd. A spokesman for the UNP said, the SC decision had still not been received , but based on media reports the SC had acted according to the constitution and not in conflict with the Parliament . It is the view of the UNP that the Parliament standing order shall be amended in accord with the SC verdict in regard to the impeachment inquiry. Going by the decision f the SC on the 22nd , until the legal tangles in the impeachment process is clarified , it is imperative that the Select committee proceedings be put on hold.
The UNP stance is there should be no constitutional conflicts created , according to what they revealed to Lanka e news. The view of Sambandan of the TNA is also same , the UNP sources added. The UNP also pointed out it will be most repugnant ,unfair and unwelcome if the MPs are to mount charges , also sit in judgment and mete out punishment . Such a system is to create a pernicious precedent . When Lanka e news inquired from a politburo member of the JVP , he said, their stand is, until the legal tangles are cleared as decided by the SC , the Select committee inquiry be put on hold
