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Article: S.Lanka's Supreme Court Issues Order to Prevent Impeachment Again Chief Justice
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 6, 2001
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday to block
impeachment proceedings in parliament against Chief Justice Sarath
Silva proposed by the main opposition United National Party (UNP).
The Supreme Court was trying to prevent Parliamentary Speaker
Anura Bandaranaike, President Kumaratunga's brother, from appointing
a panel of legislators to investigate allegations of chief justice's
misconducts.
The UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe said the Supreme Court had no
right to issue orders on the rights and powers of parliament and it
should only act within its limitation.
"Supreme Court was responsible for protecting fundamental rights
but should not intervene ...