{"id":67444,"date":"2013-01-02T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=67444"},"modified":"2013-01-08T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T12:45:18","slug":"expose-kangaroo-court-member-dr-rajitha-also-a-rs-7-5-million-golden-key-dipositor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/expose-kangaroo-court-member-dr-rajitha-also-a-rs-7-5-million-golden-key-dipositor\/","title":{"rendered":"Expose: ‘Kangaroo Court’ Member Dr Rajitha Also A RS 7.5 Million Golden Key Depositor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A Minister and a member of the\u00a0notorious\u00a0Parliamentary Select Committee\u00a0which investigated Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>\u00a0was also among the\u00a0Golden key<\/a><\/span>\u00a0depositors\u00a0the Colombo Telegraph can\u00a0reveal today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rajitha<\/p><\/div>\n

The name sited as Dr N.H.R.H. Senaratne, \u00a0NIC number 501501760 V, who\u00a0deposited\u00a0RS 7,500,000 is none other than Dentist and MP Rajitha Senaratne<\/a><\/span>. This information has been\u00a0extracted from Watawala report.<\/p>\n

By being a Golden Key Depsitor, Dr. Senaratne demonstrates a significant personal interest in an important part of the subject matter under inquiry. What makes matters worse, is the fact that he has not at any stage disclosed this conflict of interest<\/a><\/span> to the CJ or her legal team – and CJ would have been well within her rights to object to him being a member if this was done. If the PSC purports to exercise ‘judicial power’, such undisclosed (and apparently hidden) personal interest arguably constitutes denial of the requirements of natural justice. It could also be argued to amount to corruption, in as much as the PSC would effectively be seeking to consider the propriety of the CJ’s conduct in relation to the Golden Key case, which can only be done by persons who (unlike Rajitha Senaratne) have NO personal financial interest in the matter. Another serious and ugly concern arises – whether those who secured Dr. Senaratne’s appointment to the PSC were (a) aware of this conflict of interest and were furthering such corruption and\/or sought to use such conflict of interest to somehow procure purported ‘findings’ to the detriment of the CJ, and more seriously to the detriment of the Rule of Law and due judicial process and judicial independence.<\/p>\n

Many\u00a0commentators\u00a0describe<\/a><\/span> the\u00a0Parliamentary Select Committee against Chief Justice as a\u00a0Kangaroo Court<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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