{"id":54564,"date":"2017-08-10T19:57:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T23:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=54564"},"modified":"2017-08-10T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T23:58:10","slug":"leader-of-the-opposition-r-sampanthan-praises-ravi-karunanayakes-resignation-as-a-bod-step-in-the-interests-of-good-governance-and-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=54564","title":{"rendered":"Leader of the Opposition R.Sampanthan Praises Ravi Karunanayake&#8217;s Resignation as a &#8220;Bold Step in the Interests of Good Governance and the People&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Saman Indrajith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan, in Parliament yesterday commended MP Ravi Karunanayake for resigning from his Ministerial post. He added that it was fundamental right of a person accused of a crime to be presumed innocent till proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a fundamental right of a person accused of a crime to be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty. I commend MP Karunanayake for the bold step he has taken. He has done so in the interest of good governance and the people&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Opposition leader made these remarks soon after MP Karunanayake tendered his resignation to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya in the face a barrage of allegations connecting MP Karunanayake to the Central Bank bond scams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is significant that a minister from the government has resigned when there are many other individuals in this House with charges of corruption levelled against them. MP Karunanayake has set a good example\u2013\u2013one that many others would do well to follow,&#8221; Sampanthan said.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCourtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton54564\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D54564&amp;text=Leader%20of%20the%20Opposition%20R.Sampanthan%20Praises%20Ravi%20Karunanayake%26%238217%3Bs%20Resignation%20as%20a%20%26%238220%3BBold%20Step%20in...%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 Saman Indrajith The Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan, in Parliament yesterday commended MP Ravi Karunanayake for resigning from his Ministerial post. He added that it was fundamental right of a person accused of a crime to be presumed innocent till proven guilty. &#8220;It is a fundamental right of a person accused of a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=54564\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Leader of the Opposition R.Sampanthan Praises Ravi Karunanayake&#8217;s Resignation as a &#8220;Bold Step in the Interests of Good Governance and the People&#8221;.&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54566,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54564\/revisions\/54566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}