Opposition, lawyers slam Ranil Wickremesinghe for defying Supreme Court order
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opposition, lawyers slam Ranil Wickremesinghe for defying Supreme Court order

The Hindu  

COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has drawn sharp criticism over his government’s defiant response to a recent Supreme Court decision, which senior lawyers and critics say, amounts to “wilful disregard” of the Constitution. Taking to social media platform ‘X’, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said: “When a President defies the Supreme Court, he attacks the very fabric of our democracy. “While the order leaves it open to the President to make a suitable acting appointment to the post, in the event he does not, the Election Commission could, as per the Constitution, give necessary orders to the hierarchy of the Sri Lanka Police to perform functions relating to the election,” it said. In a strongly worded editorial on Monday titled ‘Supreme Court decisions are not mere suggestions’, the Colombo-based business newspaper Daily FT said: “President Wickremesinghe would be better served if he contributes to strengthening democracy and the rule of law rather than being an agent of chaos and instability.”

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