P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourneƒ”š‚  After the UNHRC vote, the US State Dept Spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, had said that Sri Lanka should listen to the international community. But she had not specified who this international community is. We wish to remind Victoria that this same international community put immense pressure on Sri Lanka towards the end of the […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The United Nations Human Rights Council on 21 Thursday adopted the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka. From the 47 member council, 25 voted with the US, 13 against, 8 abstained and one wasƒ”š‚ absent. So there were 22 who could not be bullied by the mighty US. As expected, the expert in playing […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne ƒ”š‚ Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said, ‘The plight of Sri Lankan Tamils is close to our heart. Our support for them has been unwavering since the days of Indiraji and Rajivji’.ƒ”š‚ Indhira Gandhiƒ”š‚ created a Tamil terrorist group by training and supplying arms toƒ”š‚ the LTTE. Rajiv supported the terrorists by sending jets over Sri Lanka […]

P.A.Samaraweera,ƒ”š‚  Melbourne Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had said that Tamil Nadu will not host the 20th Asianƒ”š‚ Athletics meet because the Central govt had not asked Sri Lanka to skip the event. According to her, the participation of Sri Lankan athletes will hurt peoples sentiments in Tamil Nadu and hadƒ”š‚ referred to the war in Sri Lanka. It […]

P.A.Samaraweera The International Council of Jurists had cleared the Sri Lankan govt with regard to the process adoptedƒ”š‚ to impeach Shiranie Bandaranayake. In doing so, the ICJ had said, “…We take this opportunity to assure that the Sri Lankan govt has not committed any wrong in removing Chief Justice Shiranie B, as the removal proceedings were […]

P.A.Samaraweera ƒ”š‚  The Rt. Rev. Canagasabay, Anglicanƒ”š‚ Bishop of Colombo had sent a pastoralƒ”š‚ letter to the Parishes asking the people to be dressed in white, to fast and to treat 3rd and 4th Feb. as days of lament. Because, according to the Bishop, ‘… there is a collapse of theƒ”š‚ law andƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka no longer appears to […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne ƒ”š‚ The Parliament on Friday 11th passed the Impeachment resolution for the removal of CJ Shiranie Bandaranayake. 155 MP’s voted for while 49 voted against. 20 had abstained. The 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka , Shiranie Bandaranayake,ƒ”š‚ was an academic and had never practiced law. She wasƒ”š‚ appointed to the Supreme Court in 1996 and […]

P.A.Samaraweera According to media reports, a group of lawyers called ‘ Lawyers Collective’ have urged Supreme Court Judges to resist the govt’s move to remove CJ Shiranie B. They have released a letter from TNA MP., Sumanthiran’s office to all Supreme Court Judges and referring to the Impeachment probe have said, “…We the undersigned earnestly […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne After a ‘pitch battle’, the impeachment motion is being debated in Parliamentƒ”š‚ and a vote is to be taken on 11th Friday evening. All this time the opposition, NGO cabal , LTTE proxies, ‘Black coats’, the international communityƒ”š‚ and so on had high hopes that the govt willƒ”š‚ pull out so thatƒ”š‚ this groupƒ”š‚ can claim victory. But […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne After the war on the instigation of ‘bankrupt politicians’ former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka dropped the uniform,ƒ”š‚ donned the ƒ”š‚ national dress and took to politics. Not unusual for someone ambitious. But it was a disaster for him. When he was in prison the same group lined up to visit him. As soon as he […]

P.A.Samaraweera The President had said that he would appoint an independent panel to review the Report of the PSC. Considering this as a weakness, the CJ and theƒ”š‚  ‘brahmins’ want the President toƒ”š‚ withdraw the PSC Report immediately, saying that it is an unlawful process. Accorrding to legal experts, the govt had established the PSC by […]

P.A.Samaraweera The PSC inquiry against Shiranie CJ isƒ”š‚ closed with the report of the PSC submitted to the Speaker. Now it is in the hands of the Parliament.ƒ”š‚ Out of the 14 charges,ƒ”š‚ the committee had looked into five and the CJ had been found guilty for 3 of them. They are, receiving a discount of Rs. 1.6 […]

P.A.Samaraweera On Wednesday 5th, the All Island Clergy Organisation had requestedƒ”š‚ Chief Justice Shiranie B to refrain from performing her official duties until the 14 charges against her are probed. Then there were massive demonstrations by the people in front of the Supreme Court premises asking her to resign from the high office she occupies. Thus […]

P.A.Samaraweera The PSC had its second sittings on Tuesday 4thƒ”š‚ and it was reported that the CJ had asked for 5 more weeks timeƒ”š‚ to answer the charges. Most probably her lawyers are timing for a Supreme Court decision on petitions filed. Then someƒ”š‚ published photos of CJ surrounded by ‘Black-coats’ cheering as she was leaving Supreme Courtƒ”š‚ toƒ”š‚ Parliament. […]

PA.Samaraweera, Melbourne Chief Justice Shiranie B convened a special meeting for all District Judges and Magistrates on Monday 3rd. Everyone including the Ministerƒ”š‚ had been kept in the dark about this decision. The question is why the CJ called for thisƒ”š‚ suddenƒ”š‚ meeting when there is a controversy between the Parliament and the Judiciary. The Judges and Magistrates […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne Two moves in the past to impeach Chief Justices hadƒ”š‚ worked without hiccups. And allegations against them were flimsy. For eg theƒ”š‚ charge against CJ Neville Samarakoon was a speech he made at aƒ”š‚ Tutory. According to the govt the charges against the incumbent CJ are serious. For eg the CJ had been accused of failing […]

P.A.Samaraweera The era after 1956 was a period of transition. Therefore, someƒ”š‚ at the top whoƒ”š‚ were disgruntledƒ”š‚ by the pro-national reformation attempted to overthrow the govt of Sirimavo in 1962. Till 1956, only two-fifth of army officers were Sinhala Buddhists. But nearlyƒ”š‚ 75 per cent of the people in the country wereƒ”š‚ Buddhists. After 1956, this proportion of officersƒ”š‚ graduallyƒ”š‚ changed […]

P.A.Samaraweera There was a time when the UNP, JVP, TNA and the anti-govt forces were going after Sarath Fonseka. They knew him to be very ambitiousƒ”š‚  and used him to run for the President. The support given by them was his disaster. After the elections they dropped him like a hot brick. A couple of […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The ‘Friday Forum’ as usual had woken up from it’s deep slumber. Referring to the Parliamentary Select Committee, they have said , “…the process by a select committee was flawed andƒ”š‚  had attracted criticism from 1984..” If so, why was it not rectified when there were impeachments against Chief Justices Neville Samarakoon and […]

P.A.Samaraweera CJƒ”š‚ Shirani Bandaranayake had denied the allegations made against her and said that she could easily refute them. She had added, that there was no financial impropriety on her part and that she will continue to duly and properly discharge her duties without fear or favour and do so impartially. ƒ”š‚  Her attorney Neelakandan had […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne ƒ”š‚ The impeachment motion had revealed 14 charges against the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. Among them, the ‘highlights’ are : a) Rs. 34 mn. in foreign currency in 7 foreign accounts-undeclared (b) Buying luxury Ceylinco House (c) Not declaring the annual declaration of assets (d) Maintaining 20 Bank Accounts (e) Appointment of a junior […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne At the recently concluded14th session of the UNHRC, the British Govt had referred to the Impeachment motion of the Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake. According to the govt, Britain and other interested parties overseas are protesting without knowing the specific charges and without knowing much about the issue. The CJ had been impeached over […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne On theƒ”š‚ 24th Octƒ”š‚  the SLMC secretary had stated “…the majority community would vote en-bloc in support of the move to repeal the 13 A introduced asƒ”š‚ a panacea for the long standing grievances of the minorities following the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987…” 13 A was not ‘introduced’ as claimed.ƒ”š‚ It was forced […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The former Army Commander, Sarath Fonseka, along with the National Bhikku Front is to hold a rally on the 18th Oct. According to the organisers the main reason for this exercise is to re-launch Fonseka’s political career. The major opposition party, the UNP, is not attending. Butƒ”š‚ UNP ‘reformists ‘are . At the moment, […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The last few days much had been writtenƒ”š‚ expressing disappointment among the people about the T20 final result. There was also a report aboutƒ”š‚ 2 youthsƒ”š‚ who had committed suicide as they were unable to put up with the defeat. Then it is an open secret, that in Sriƒ”š‚ Lanka as well as overseas,ƒ”š‚ there was heavy betting […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne ƒ”š‚ Beginning of September, Australia re-introduced the asylum policy of sending asylum seekers to Naru Island. The first batch was charteredƒ”š‚ on 15th Sept. Eleven years ago, Prime Minister John Howard followedƒ”š‚ the same policy. As a result,ƒ”š‚ arrival of unauthorised boats declined dramatically. Butƒ”š‚ when the Labour Partyƒ”š‚ came to power, they abandoned this policyƒ”š‚ and adopted a soft […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne It had been reported that Frederica Jansz, Editor of The Sunday Leader had been sacked by the new management. The new owner is Asange Seneviratne. The paper is anti-national, anti-cultural, anti-Sinhala, anti-govt, anti-war, pro-LTTE and so on. The new owner took over on the 13th September. At a staff meeting, he had been […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne During the last few weeks, because of the Provincial Council elections, regime change activists had been working round the clock doing propaganda. Some held meetings to promote ‘prospective leaders’ and others wrote articles about regime change, which they said is around the corner. ƒ”š‚  Then there is the Tamil diaspora pumping money into […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The Sri Lankan govt had issued a travel warning for those visiting Tamil Nadu.ƒ”š‚ Last week 184 pilgrims had to take refuge in a church as a result of mob attacks. Last year,ƒ”š‚ pilgrims visiting Mahabodhi faced the same problem.ƒ”š‚ This week, Chief Minister J.ƒ”š‚ Jayalalithaa(JJ) had askedƒ”š‚ a group of students gone to play soccer with another […]

P.A.Samaraweera,ƒ”š‚ Melbourne Two months ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (JA)ƒ”š‚ took shelter in Ecuador UK Embassy seeking political asylum and last week he was offered asylum. Now the UK refuses safe passage to him from the country. This means thatƒ”š‚ if or when heƒ”š‚ leave the Embassyƒ”š‚ he would be arrested. The British police keep watch on him fromƒ”š‚ outside the […]