{"id":203137,"date":"2019-07-05T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=203137"},"modified":"2019-07-06T22:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T16:51:11","slug":"major-humiliation-for-sirisena-sc-issues-order-to-suspend-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/major-humiliation-for-sirisena-sc-issues-order-to-suspend-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Humiliation For Sirisena &#8211; SC Issues Order To Suspend Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s diabolical plan to boost his image as a strong leader by resuming executions was dealt a grave blow and also met with major humiliation today, as the Supreme Court issued an interim order suspending the implementation of the death penalty until October 30, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-196302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-3-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-3-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-3-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Maithripala-Sirisena-3.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>Athough Sirisena was eager to carry out his murder plan before the elections are called, the SC order has thrown a damper on his plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court issued an interim order in consideration of a Fundamental Rights petition filed by a prisoner who is currently on death row.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple parties have filed for action against Sirisena\u2019s decision to authorize death penalty for four convicts.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with heads of media institutions last week, Sirisena announced he has signed the death warrant of four prisoners and the executions will proceed as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Transparency International Sri Lanka today tweeted out the letters issued by the President\u2019s Secretariat and the Prisons Headquarters where both parties have refused to provide details, in response to Right to Information requests asking for details of the death warrants Sirisena claims he signed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":190548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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