Wijedasa asked to mend strained relations between the President and CJ

Tuesday, 04 December 2012

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), MP Wijedasa Rajapakse to try and mend the soured relation between the President and the Chief Justice. The President has said he was ready to drop the impeachment proceedings if the Chief Justice did not try to go for an unwanted clash.

Wijedasa has said that it was difficult to intervene at this juncture since the matter has now gone out of hand. However, he has said that he would make an attempt to rebuild a friendship between the President and the Chief Justice.

Meanwhile, the President has also asked several well known mahanayakes to intervene as well.

It is learnt that the President is greatly disturbed following information received from a senior President’s Counsel that the Chief Justice was prepared to make some startling revelations at the next parliamentary select committee (PSC) to probe the impeachment motion meets next.

The Chief Justice it is learnt is going to present written evidence to prove the pressure exerted by the President, External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris and Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge to get judicial approval from the 18th Amendment and in the case against former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka.

The Chief Justice is to also present to the PSC letters given by the Central Bank Governor in relation to the controversial National Savings Bank purchase of The Finance shares.