{"id":52876,"date":"2017-05-10T02:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T06:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52876"},"modified":"2017-05-10T02:04:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T06:04:34","slug":"removal-of-geetha-kumarasinghe-from-mp-seat-without-giving-time-for-appeal-is-act-of-political-revenge-charges-vasudeva-nanayakkara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52876","title":{"rendered":"Removal  of Geetha Kumarasinghe  From MP Seat Without Giving Time for Appeal is act of Political Revenge Charges Vasudeva Nanayakkara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By<\/p>\n<p>Thilanka Kanakarathna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and the Secretary General of Parliament had been forced to annul the MP post of Geetha Kumarasinghe, the Joint Opposition yesterday alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press briefing, MP Wasudeva Nanayakkara said the JO has no doubt that Ms. Kumarasinghe\u2019s removal was a result of a political revenge and alleged that the Attorney-General had forced the House to inform its decision to the Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>He said Parliament has violated the privileges of it\u2019s members by not giving a sufficient time to appeal against the court ruling.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the law, at least 42 days should be given to appeal against a court ruling before it was enforced. It had been only four days passed since the date of the Appeal Court ruling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said revoking the Parliament seat of Ms. Kumarasinghe was a result of a coup steered by the government with certain the SLFP members.<\/p>\n<p>MP Nanayakkara said by unseating Ms. Kumarasinghe the House has ignored the peoples mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the matter MP Dullas Alahapperuma said that he didn\u2019t expect that Parliament would take such a decision as they met Speaker on Friday where he promised to give enough time to appeal on the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>MP Alahapperuma requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya not to let down Parliament by damaging its image through the interference of Government politicians.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said Speaker Jayasuriya has enough time to revise his decision and let the justice to be served.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton52876\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D52876&amp;text=Removal%20%20of%20Geetha%20Kumarasinghe%20%20From%20MP%20Seat%20Without%20Giving%20Time%20for%20Appeal%20is%20act%20of%20Political%20Revenge...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thilanka Kanakarathna Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and the Secretary General of Parliament had been forced to annul the MP post of Geetha Kumarasinghe, the Joint Opposition yesterday alleged. 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