{"id":58448,"date":"2012-11-02T09:44:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=58448"},"modified":"2012-11-05T22:10:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T22:10:40","slug":"impeachment-she-got-too-big-for-her-boots-mahinda-rajapaksa-talked-to-former-cj-sarath-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/impeachment-she-got-too-big-for-her-boots-mahinda-rajapaksa-talked-to-former-cj-sarath-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment: ‘She Got Too Big For Her Boots’ – Mahinda Rajapaksa Talked To Former CJ Sarath Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> told former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva<\/a><\/span> yesterday that he was keen to resolve the problems with the judiciary in an amicable way.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Asked why he was moving to impeach the present Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span> when she was an eminent judge with excellent legal skill, President Rajapaksa replied: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to, but she got too big for her boots.\u201d\u00a0(eya tharamata wada idimuna).\u00a0<\/em>\u201cBut I also want to settle this matter in a friendly way,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

The pair met at the funeral of former Attorney General and Acting Chief Justice Rajah Wanasundera yesterday, President Rajapaksa made a bee-line for the former Chief Justice and enveloped him in a warm bear hug. \u201cYou don\u2019t even take my calls anymore. Whatever happens you and I are old friends,\u201d President Rajapaksa berated Silva amidst a large crowd from the legal fraternity. Many of lawyers and retired judges present at the funeral urged the President to reconsider the proposed impeachment of the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

The ruling coalition yesterday handed a motion of impeachment to Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> against the sitting\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice bearing the signatures of 117 MPs and containing charges of ‘improper conduct’ filed under Article 107 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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