Sri Lanka's Chief Justice to Be Impeached

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Sri Lanka's Chief Justice to Be Impeached

A motion to impeach Sri Lanka's Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva will be presented to Parliament soon, the state-owned Daily News reported Monday.

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A motion to impeach Sri Lanka's Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva will be presented to Parliament soon, the state-owned Daily News reported Monday.

Quoting political sources the paper said a special committee comprising eminent lawyers had already prepared the motion refining an earlier motion and condensing the charges.

The earlier motion was presented last year and signed by 77 members of the then main opposition United National Party and the leftist JVP or the People's Liberation Front, but it lapsed with the dissolution of Parliament in October upon order of President Chandrika Kumaratunga to avoid a defeat of her ruling People's Alliance government in a no-confidence motion against it.

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