Ex policeman Speaker’s decision treated contemptuously by SC like a dirty khaki rag –notice issued again

(Lanka-e-News -01.Dec.2012, 11.00PM) Despite the ex policeman who is now speaker of Parliament roaring like a lion in its death throe yesterday and declaring that the notice issued by the appeal court to the members of the select Committee inquiring into the impeachment motion as invalid , the supreme court (SC) disregarding his announcement and discarding it like a dirty khaki rag , again issued notice on all the respondents to appear in court yesterday.

The SC made it abundantly clear yesterday (30) that it is fully aware of the powers vested in it within the framework of the constitution , and is therefore acting within those powers . This decision was taken by the panel of judges comprising Justices , Gamini Amaratunge, K Sripavan and Prasad Dep. when the petition filed by the SL Bar Association and other Organizations against the select Committee of inquiry on the impeachment motion was examined again by the courts yesterday .

When three of these petitions were examined earlier , notices were issued on the respondents. In this connection , Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva the Govt. chief whip stated yesterday in Parliament that notices were issued on the impeachment Select Committee members and the Speaker . However when this case was taken up today , neither the respondents nor their Lawyers were present in court. The Lawyers for the petitioners informed court of the stance announced by the speaker day before yesterday.The ex policeman speaker stated yesterday that no external parties can issue orders in respect of the Parliament. In any case the SC today gave 14 days time from the 26th of this month to the Attorney General (AG) who was present in court to forward written submissions.

The case was postponed until the 13th and 14th of December and the courts instructed the Registrar of the courts to issue summons on the respondents to be present on those days.