{"id":133386,"date":"2014-11-22T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=133386"},"modified":"2014-11-30T01:25:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T19:55:46","slug":"exclusive-full-text-of-the-rajapaksas-secretive-third-term-supreme-court-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/exclusive-full-text-of-the-rajapaksas-secretive-third-term-supreme-court-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Full Text Of The Rajapaksa’s Secretive Third Term Supreme Court Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full text of the secretive \u2018Opinion\u2019 obtained by\u00a0the President<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to legitimize a potential third term for him, Colombo Telegraph can exclusively reveal today. The full text of the Opinion given by a 10 member bench of the SC has not been made public so far or even submitted to the Parliament.<\/p>\n

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De Facto CJ and the President<\/p><\/div>\n

On November 11th, the Leader of the House, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva announced in Parliament that the Supreme Court had given a unanimous opinion that there was not impediment to President Rajapaksa contesting for a third term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court on November 10, \u00a0communicated its opinion to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the constitutionality of contesting for a third term under the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Please note that no appearances of lawyers etc or the date of hearing given.\u00a0<\/span>It is humanly impossible for judges to write such a long determination in two days” a Judge told Colombo Telegraph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to read the full text.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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