On The Removal Of Mohan Pieris From The Office Of Chief Justice

By Mangala Samaraweera -February 2, 2015

Mangala Samaraweera -Minister of External Affairs

Honorable Speaker, in a statement issued yesterday by Mohan Pieris in the Island, he said “maintaining the dignity and decorum associated with the office of the Chief Justice and ensuring its respectability and propriety is [his] prime concern. As the pinnacle of our judicial administration, it should be safeguarded in its pristine purity; now and for the future – in the need to preserve justice as a wholesome entity.” Like a harlot extolling the virtues of virginity, Mohan Pieris, who brought international disrespect and condemnation to our judicial system by his scandalous appointment two years ago, and his conduct since then, is now shedding tears for the ‘pristine purity’ of the office of the Chief justice.

Two years ago, on the night of Monday 14th January 2013, a large contingent of military personnel occupied the Supreme Court complex, and from the early hours of the following morning, the Supreme Court was cordoned off, and riot squads, barricades and water cannons put in place. All this and more to enable Mohan Pieris to be driven into the courts complex through its “exit” – the most appropriate entry for a fake judge. Outside the court gates, lawyers who had challenged the illegal and immoral eviction of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake lit candles in daylight. It was the beginning of ‘darkness at noon’.Read More

Writ Filed Requesting Pieris’s Passport To Be Impounded

February 2, 2015 

A writ application was filed by Senior Lawyer N Kodituwakku requesting the Court of Appeal to impound the passport of former Chief Justice Mohan Peiris.

Mohan Pieris

The writ had been filed in reference to a complaint made by Kodituwakku to the Bribery and Corruption Commission against Peiris on January 18, for causing a loss of Rs. 619 million to the government due to the course of action taken by him during his tenure as the Attorney General and Chief Justice, with regard to a fraud committed by the Colombo Dockyard Ltd. in 2000.

Pointing out that action has not yet been taken with regard to the complaint made in the Bribery commission, the complainant requested the Court to impound Peiris’s passport so that he would not be able to travel overseas until the investigations into the complaint conclude.

Read the full petition here