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[Mr Dilshan]

Neethipathi kiyanne rajayata neethi upades dena eka witharai. Ithin pora natanne my3 ge padeta thamai.

ඔවු, ඒත් මෙයා කියපුව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප වෙලත් තියෙනවා ඉතිහාසයේ

 

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පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමේ බලය ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතුයි - ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේදී නීතිපති කියයි

පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීමේ බලය ව්‍යවස්ථාවට අනුව ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු බව නීතිපති ජයන්ත ජයසුරිය අද (13) ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නා.

ඒ, ජනාධිපතිවරයා ගත් තීරණයට එරෙහිව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ ගොණුු කෙරුණු පෙත්සම් අද දෙවන දිනටත් සලකා බැලූ අවස්ථාවේදීයි.

source: http://nethnews.lk/article/60334

 

[Mr Dilshan]

Attorney General requests Supreme Court to dismiss all petitions against dissolution of Parliament as “President's decision is consistent with the Constitution”

 

[Mayaratne]

AG Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC suggests that President is vested with 'plenary executive power' not restrained by Art 70. - Public•Law_LKA

WTF having such a clause then

 

[Mr Dilshan]

WTF having such a clause then

 

[TommyJ]

mahinda is the number 1 balalobaya gan kata karanwanam oka hitng dan mea aurudu ganata siya dahas warayak oppu wela iwarai eka Nisa ea wenaskam gana katakaralat wedak ne. eka nisa hodama de oya okkaoma elamana ekai

No Its Ranil. Mahinda Waited for the power on the back seat in the CBK era. He Waited. Ranil Sticked.

 

[Mr Dilshan]

Responding, Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya denies that his opinion is meant to favour the President, whilst he admits that he has got instructions from President Maithripala Sirisena..

 

[tclanki]

bmp

 

[EK_SheSH]

@PublicLaw_LKA

Sanjeeva Jayawardena PC, appearing for GL Peiris says
1. The dissolution ex facie within the Presidents power
2.There is no co -relation between Article 33 and Article 70
3.Article 62(2) gives power to the President to dissolve Parliament
4.reasonableness of the dissolution

 

[EK_SheSH]

@PublicLaw_LKA

He further says even if the SC feels there is a violation, court has the discretion not to grant the interim relief asked for, as this is an FR case.

 

[jhnnwp]

Dan me naduwa ahanne English walinda? Sinhalen da?

 

[imhotep]

WTF having such a clause then

AG surely knows that the President's power regarding dissolution has been limited by the constitution itself. Therefore he does NOT have plenary power regarding dissolution. But the AG has to cover his bosses ass....

 

[TommyJ]

Dan me naduwa ahanne English walinda? Sinhalen da?

සිංහලෙන් වෙන්න ඕනෙ

 

[Mayaratne]

AG surely knows that the President's power regarding dissolution has been limited by the constitution itself. Therefore he does NOT have plenary power regarding dissolution. But the AG has to cover his bosses ass....

Defa do not expect a verdict again the motion

 

[saturn]

AG surely knows that the President's power regarding dissolution has been limited by the constitution itself. Therefore he does NOT have plenary power regarding dissolution. But the AG has to cover his bosses ass....

 

[sdlrs6]

moko wenne

 

[sdlrs6]

The Attorney General has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss all petitions filed against the dissolution of Parliament as the President’s decision

 

[Mr Dilshan]

Manohara de Silva PC appearing for MP Udaya Gammanpila says the President should be able to act against Parliament if he feels it's going against the country because he's elected by the people.

 

[imhotep]

Manohara de Silva PC appearing for MP Udaya Gammanpila says the President should be able to act against Parliament if he feels it's going against the country because he's elected by the people.

Getting quite interesting.. I wonder why he didn't argue that the President was elected by the people and hence there is no need for a Constitution.

 

[nvhcc89]

Getting quite interesting.. I wonder why he didn't argue that the President was elected by the people and hence there is no need for a Constitution.