{"id":135019,"date":"2014-12-17T12:49:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T07:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135019"},"modified":"2014-12-22T16:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T11:07:48","slug":"i-will-not-enter-politics-cj-shirani-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/i-will-not-enter-politics-cj-shirani-b\/","title":{"rendered":"I Will Not Enter Politics: CJ Shirani B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sirimavo+Bandaranaike&amp;x=9&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shirani Bandaranayake<\/span><\/a> today said that she will not enter politics or pledge her support to any of the candidates at the upcoming Presidential polls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59789\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Chief-Justice-Shirani-Bandaranayake1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59789\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Chief-Justice-Shirani-Bandaranayake1.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake\" width=\"130\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to the media outside the Colombo Chief Magistrate&#8217;s Court a short while ago she said she does not wish to engage in politics because she still thinks of herself as 43rd Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My movements have been restricted and I have been limited to the confines of my home. I am not paid a salary or any stipend. This is how those in power have paid gratitude for my 32 years of service . . . 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