Video: I'm still the 43rd CJ

WEDNESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2014

Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake says she still considers herself as Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice and that is the reason why she would not enter politics. She said justice should be established in the country and judicial sovereignty should be re-established. She she she believed  law and order would return to the country very soon.

Speaking to journalists outside the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today Ms. Bandaranayake said she does not get involved in public political campaign for any candidate as she still considers herself as the 43rd Chief Justice of the country and she considers it is not proper for a public servant to do so.

She said she was not a politician and would not enter politics. Saying she was confident of justice being meted out to her soon she said, “I have been limited to the confines of my home, restricted from migrating and not paid my salary or stipend. Today there is a lot of talk about showing gratitude but this is the way in which those who are in power have chosen to show gratitude to me for my 32 years of honest service.”