CJ to be mistreated when she arrives in parliament

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is to be mistreated when she arrives in parliament on the 23rd to appear before the parliamentary select committee (PSC) probing the impeachment motion against her, sources from parliament said.

Sources said that orders have already been issued from a higher office not to allow the Chief Justice to travel up to the parliamentary complex in her vehicle and to make her travel in the shuttle bus after subjecting her to the normal security checks at the main gate.

It is learnt that the orders are to treat the Chief Justice in the same manner like any ordinary citizen without offering any preferential treatment to her.

An opposition politician said that the government has stooped to such low levels due to the firm stance of the Chief Justice. Although the government believed that the Chief Justice would abandon her post due to the pressure placed on her, she has stood firm and remained in her post making things difficult for the government in the local and international arena.