{"id":62048,"date":"2018-12-05T20:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62048"},"modified":"2018-12-05T21:13:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T02:13:41","slug":"parliament-ignores-sirisenas-request-for-another-no-confidence-vote-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-and-prepares-to-impeach-president-soon-and-remove-his-civic-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=62048","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Ignores Sirisena&#8217;s Request for Another No Confidence Vote Against Mahinda Rajapaksa and  PreparesInstead  to Impeach President Soon and Remove His Civic Rights."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Sri Lanka\u2019s parliament Wednesday defied a hostile president and decided not to proceed with a de facto no-trust resolution against the disputed government and instead moved closer to an impeachment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maithripala Sirisena had asked the largest single party, the United National Party, to bring another resolution reconfirming the previous no-trust votes against Mahinda Rajapaksa and his purported cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>The parliament\u2019s action came a day after Sirisena vowed he will never reinstate Ranil Wickremesinghe who was controversially sacked on October 26.   \u201cEven if all 225 members of parliament want it, I will not reappoint Ranil,\u201d Sirisena announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>UNP made it clear Wednesday that there was no point in pandering to requests from Sirisena who remains adamant and shows no signs of wanting to end the power struggle.<\/p>\n<p>JVP\u2019s Vijitha Herath said there was no point in proceeding with another no-confidence against Rajapaksa after the Court of Appeal on Monday upheld that the November 14 no-trust resolution against Rajapaksa was valid and since then there is  no government in the country.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cSirisena has already violated the constitution and the courts have held that he intentionally violated it,\u201d Herath told parliament. \u201cHe will face not only an impeachment, but he will also lose his civic rights.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In his first public reference to the conduct of the courts, Sirisena told a convention of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on Tuesday that many people had reservations about recent conduct of courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people think the judiciary is neutral and independent. Another section feels that they are one-sided and partisan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:ECONOMY NEXT<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton62048\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D62048&amp;text=Parliament%20Ignores%20Sirisena%26%238217%3Bs%20Request%20for%20Another%20No%20Confidence%20Vote%20Against%20Mahinda%20Rajapaksa%20and%20...%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>Sri Lanka\u2019s parliament Wednesday defied a hostile president and decided not to proceed with a de facto no-trust resolution against the disputed government and instead moved closer to an impeachment. 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