Legal action possible against entire cabinet if Fowzie is taken to courts - president

Oct 18, 2016

Legal action can be taken against all members of the cabinet, if senior politician A.H.M. Fowzie with nearly 50 years of experience is taken before courts over a minor offence, president Maithripala Sirisena told the cabinet at its meeting today (18).

“Minister Fowzie is more senior than us and made a big commitment for politics. If such a person is summoned to the bribery commission, he should be given due respect. It is bad to exhibit him, bring around 20 traineers and do insane things. We should understand his mentality. Minister Fowzie is a person who has served the country, SLFP. He is not a training dummy.”

 

The cabinet unanimously agreed with him. 

 

Decision on Dilrukshi after PM returns

 

The president also told the ministers that the decision to accept the resignation, or not, of director general of the Bribery Commission, lawyer Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe, should be taken after discussion once the prime minister returns home from his overseas visit.

 

The president said further that it was evident to the entire country about the bankrupt politics of the pro-Rajapaksa media by the manner in which they said her resignation would lead to the collapse of the government within days.