H. L. D. Mahindapala When a senior judge of a superior court puts words into the mouth of an innocent man and sentences him toƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ aƒ”š‚ maximum period with the entire legal system looking the other way without raising a finger to save the innocent man, then it is time to ask whether the sovereign people can […]

By Charles.S.Perera I prefer to read the writings of ƒ”š‚ Rajiva Wijesinhe. Because he unlike Dayan Jayatillekeƒ”š‚  is able to write without having to quote from other writers . Rajiva Wijesinheƒ”š‚  seeks solution to the Impeachment of CJ, saying, “I believe that impeaching the Chief Justice is no solution to anything, and will in fact lead […]

Nalin de Silva Though the so called impeachment imbroglio is presented as a case of a tussle between the Parliament and the Judiciary for supremacy it is not so. If it was such then it would have been arisen in 1984 itself when there was an attempt to impeach Mr. Neville Samarakoon. Neither there were […]

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 […]

Shenali Waduge ƒ”š‚ Yes, the Sinhalese Buddhists are concerned. Do they have reason to be? Yet the concerns of Buddhists are never given an unbiased voice in the mainstream media and instead Sinhalese Buddhists are labeled as “racist”ƒ”š‚, “extremist”ƒ”š‚ and even “militant”ƒ”š‚. Their version also needs to be heard. ƒ”š‚ There is little debate to overrule or […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando “ƒ”¹…”Ceylon’ remained under Colonial Status until the midnight of February 3, 1948 when it transformed into a Dominian State. Prior to the Dominian stage, G.C.S. Corea (who was later knighted as Sir Claude) served as the last Ceylon Representative from 28 Cockspur Street Trafalgar Square. Despite the change, not much of diplomatic activity […]

MARK COORAYƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  LLB (HONS)(CEY), PHD (CAMB), PHD (COL)–Courtesy The Daily Newsƒ”š‚  PART I – REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPEACHMENT DEBATE “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE IMPEACHMENT AND THE BACKGROUND Three constitutions and the independence of the judiciary Sri Lanka has a constitution which has many defects. The 1931 Constitution was […]

Nihal Sri Ameresekere, FCA, FCMA, CMA, CGMA, CFE Associate Member, American Bar Association Member, International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities When the President of the Republic refers in terms of Article 129 of the Constitution, a question of law or fact for the consideration of the Supreme Court, the said matter concerning a law is to […]

CHAMIKARA WEERASINGHE- Courtesy The Daily News The current wave of destabilization of the Courts system and the move to create a rift between the judiciary and the legislature, is being engineered by two foreign powers using their missions in Colombo, the Daily News reliably learns. The two foreign powers have been in direct liaison with […]

Top Spin By Suni It seems easy for Sri Lanka coach Grahqm Ford toƒ”š‚ be retrospectively analyticalƒ”š‚ about theƒ”š‚ disastrous Test Series against Australiaƒ”š‚  and indeed there wereƒ”š‚  positives to take from a 3-0 drubbing in Australia, butƒ”š‚ the undoingƒ”š‚ apart fromƒ”š‚ inconsistency has to do with bad decisions by the hierarchy relative to selection and lack of drive and motivation […]

By Ratna B.Ekanayake Eppawala Correspondent-Courtesy The Island Dr Channa Jayasumana, Media Officer and Head of the Research team on kidney ailments of the Kelaniya Universityƒ”š‚  said that so far 20,000 persons have died of kidney ailments and another 15.5% have been identified as havingƒ”š‚ kidney related diseases. “Other thanƒ”š‚  politicians and big wigs of the government […]