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By Manoj Colombage
A week after the National Elections Commission launched an inquiry into a complaint that the names of several foreigners in the Rajapaksa family had been included in the 2005 Mulkirigala Polling Division electoral register, the SLPP presidential hopeful has asked the commission to ‘let it go’, authoritative sources told Sunday Observer.
SLPP Presidential hopeful Gotabaya...
“While any person holds office as President of the Republic of Sri Lanka, no civil or criminal proceedings shall be instituted or continued against the President in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the President, either in his official or private capacity.”
Thus, is the verbatim language of Article 35(1) of the Constitution, which is a ‘stay out of jail...
The date fixed to start the trial before the Permanent High Court at Bar of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others for criminal misappropriation of Rs. 33.9 million in public funds has come, and gone. Last Friday (26), following an interim order from the Supreme Court, the High Court put the brakes on the trial, postponing it until August 30.
The Supreme Court order,...
This article was first published in the Sunday Observer on April 21, 2019 that fateful Easter Sunday when suicide bombers unleashed terror attacks on churches and luxury hotels, killing 258 people in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa. The attacks gripped the attention of the nation, and the historic case filed by Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the 27 year old daughter of murdered...
By Manoj Colombage
With the stay order extending past Election Day, the trial will be on ice for the duration of presidency, if SLPP candidate wins...