{"id":41360,"date":"2015-05-14T17:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T21:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=41360"},"modified":"2015-05-14T17:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T21:46:54","slug":"commonwealth-advice-will-be-sought-over-interim-order-obtained-by-gotabhaya-rajapaksa-says-ranil-wickremesinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=41360","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Advice will be sought Over Interim Order Obtained by Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says Ranil Wickremesinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy Jayashika Padmasiri<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, reacting to the news that former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa obtained an interim order from the Supreme Court yesterday, said that he could not comment on the case until October and the only thing left to do was seek the advice of the Commonwealth. <\/p>\n

Wickremesinghe made these remarks at the National Summit on Media Reforms held in Colombo yesterday. He also explained that he was made a respondent in Rajapaksa\u2019s case, which will only be taken up in October. <\/p>\n

\u201cSince President Sirisena is the Commonwealth Chairman now, the only solution left is to seek the advice of the Commonwealth Judges\u2019 Union, lawyers and other relevant people of the Commonwealth regarding this situation. <\/p>\n

By no means am I questioning Gotabaya\u2019s right to file a Fundamental Rights case, but I\u2019m only questioning the fact that neither I nor the Cabinet can answer regarding this situation until October,\u201d Wickremesinghe pointed out. <\/p>\n

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The Prime Minister also noted that ideally the Supreme Court should inform the Cabinet, instead, he only found out about its decision through yesterday\u2019s newspapers. <\/p>\n

He also stated that if he had been given notice by the Court then he could have at least come forward and explained his side of the story since in the petition Rajapaksa had stated that they were conducting a political witch hunt against him. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem that I have is that I cannot speak about this case till October. And the President is saying that by September there will be a new Government with new Cabinet members after the forthcoming general election. <\/p>\n

My issue is how can that Cabinet be responsible for the 2015 Cabinet? I hope that my seeking help from the Commonwealth will not be interpreted as foreign interference in the country,\u201d Wickremesinghe said. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Jayashika Padmasiri Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, reacting to the news that former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa obtained an interim order from the Supreme Court yesterday, said that he could not comment on the case until October and the only thing left to do was seek the advice of the Commonwealth. Wickremesinghe made these remarks …<\/p>\n

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