{"id":68475,"date":"2013-01-09T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T08:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=68475"},"modified":"2013-01-11T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T23:17:30","slug":"stop-debating-the-impeachment-bar-to-strike-for-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/stop-debating-the-impeachment-bar-to-strike-for-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stop Debating The Impeachment&#8217; &#8211; Bar To Strike For Two Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;The\u00a0Bar Association\u00a0of\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0strongly, unequivocally and with no reservations whatsoever condemns the decision to take up for debate the impeachment motion against her Ladyship the Chief Justice Dr. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shirani+Bandaranayake&amp;x=6&amp;y=3\">Shirani A. \u00a0Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span> based on the findings of the Parliamentary Select Committee which was quashed by the Court of Appeal \u00a0and determined to be unlawful by the Supreme Court. 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