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“Sri Lanka’s ruling party has submitted a motion to impeach the chief justice. The move came on November 1st, after weeks of public discord between the president and Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>, the country\u2019s most senior judge and the first female head of its Supreme Court. The next day\u00a0America\u2019s state department<\/a><\/span>\u00a0used the opportunity to worry aloud about the independence of Sri Lanka\u2019s judiciary.” the Economist reports. Read more in The Economist<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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