{"id":59165,"date":"2012-11-07T23:27:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T23:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=59165"},"modified":"2012-11-07T23:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T23:27:58","slug":"ruling-coalition-partner-communist-party-says-they-are-not-for-impeachment-of-cj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ruling-coalition-partner-communist-party-says-they-are-not-for-impeachment-of-cj\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruling Coalition Partner Communist Party Says They Are Not For Impeachment Of CJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Communist Party of Sri Lanka dissociates itself from the initiation of the process for impeachment of Mrs. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shirani+Bandaranayake&amp;x=12&amp;y=9\">Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>, Chief Justice&#8221; says the\u00a0Communist Party of Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59172\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ruling-coalition-partner-communist-party-says-they-are-not-for-impeachment-of-cj\/raja-collure\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59172\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59172\" title=\"Raja Collure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Raja-Collure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Raja-Collure.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Raja-Collure-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raja Collure<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Issuing a\u00a0statement its\u00a0Chairman\u00a0Raja Collure says\u00a0&#8220;it notes that the motion for impeachment was brought forth in the background of a conflict between the judiciary and the Executive. Conflict between the judiciary and the Executive is a product of the Executive Presidential system and would continue to recur as long as the Executive Presidential system in place. Therefore our attention should be drawn to the urgency of abolishing the Executive Presidential system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The political Bureau of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka has advice the Communist members of parliament to refrain from been nominated to the Select Committee on the impeachment.&#8221; he further says.<\/p>\n<p>Lat week the Colombo Telegraph<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/inauspicious-start-for-impeachment-motion-handed-over-at-auspicious-time\/\"> reported<\/a><\/span> that the Politbureau of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) has instructed its national organizer and MP for Kegalle District, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Y.G.+Padmasiri&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">Y.G. Padmasiri<\/a><\/span> to withdraw his signature from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=impeachment+motion+against+the+Chief+Justice&amp;x=9&amp;y=2\">i<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mpeachment motion against the Chief Justice<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Politbureau had earlier decided that LSSP MPs should not sign the impeachment motion. However, after a meeting President\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=6&amp;y=6\">Mahinda Rajapakse<\/a><\/span>\u00a0had with UPFA leaders, Minister\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tissa+Vitarana&amp;x=11&amp;y=4\">Tissa Vitarana<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who is also the Secretary of the LSSP had unilaterally instructed MP Padmasiri to sign the motion. At the Politbureau meeting held on 02nd November, members had been highly critical of the Minister for overriding a decision of the Party. Sources said that Minister Vitarana had been greatly embarrassed and had apologized for what happened. Thereafter, the Politbureau had instructed Mr Padmasiri to write to the Speaker and withdraw his signature.<\/p>\n<p>This episode comes in the wake of the Communist Party Special Congress that took place on 28 October resolving in a self-criticism that voting for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=18th+Amendment&amp;x=13&amp;y=7\">18th Amendment<\/a><\/span> was a mistake. On 02 November, the Politbureau of the CP had censured Minister <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandrasiri+Gajadheera&amp;x=12&amp;y=2\">Chandrasiri Gajadheera<\/a><\/span> for signing the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice without its permission. Gajadheera had explained that Minister\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=DEW+Gunasekara&amp;x=12&amp;y=5\">DEW Gunasekera<\/a><\/span>\u00a0had instructed him to do so. Minister Gunasekera had come in for severe criticism and the Politbureau has decided that the two CP MPs should obtain instructions from the Politbureau in future.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile\u00a0Democratic Left Front Secretary and Minister of National Languages and Social Integration\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Vasudeva+Nanayakkara&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\">Vasudeva Nanayakkara<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said that the party leaders have not signed the impeachment motion.\u00a0Nanayakkara told The Sunday Leader that he will give his views on the motion once he sees the allegations after it is presented in Parliament this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read the press\u00a0statement here; \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121208_15413907.jpg\">English<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/20121208_15393501.jpg\">Sinhala<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related stories;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chief-justice-is-planning-to-call-more-than-700-witnesses\/\">Chief Justice Is Planning To Call More Than 700 Witnesses<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/inauspicious-start-for-impeachment-motion-handed-over-at-auspicious-time\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inauspicious Start For Impeachment Motion Handed Over At Auspicious Time<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":59172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[4296,5297,6020,3835,6250,6249,6248],"class_list":["post-59165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","tag-executive-presidency-in-sri-lanka","tag-impeach-chief-justice-sri-lanka","tag-impeachment-motion-against-chief-justice-shirani-bandaranayake","tag-judicial-independence-in-sri-lanka","tag-left-parties-and-impeachment-of-chief-justice-sri-lanka","tag-partner-communist-party-and-impeachment-of-chief-justice-sri-lanka","tag-process-for-impeachment-of-mrs-shirani-bandaranayake"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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