Posted on July 10th, 2021
By : A.A.M.NIZAM – ,MATARA
Freedom to Duminda
Silva : Presidential Commission dismisses a seven-judge ruling
The Presidential
Commission to Investigate incidents of Political Revenge has recommended to
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that former parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who was
sentenced to death in connection with the assassination of former
parliamentarian Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, should have been acquitted and
released.
The Commission
decided that Duminda Silva should have been acquitted of all charges in the
indictment filed against him in the Colombo High Court, the report said. The
three-member Presidential Commission, chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge
Upali Abeyratne, was appointed by the President on January 9, 2020. Retired
President Maithri: No, no it is not
a problem.
Padmini: If you
can please get me a post at the Appeal Court because I have given about one
hundred thousand judgments. At the same time, I have worked with great
integrity for the country and its people. So, I request you to consider this,
only if there is a possibility. I have the strength to work for many more
years.
President Maithri: Okay. Okay.
President Maithri: Oh. Oh.
Padmini: However,
despite the many threats I get, I do the proper thing. That is how I carried
out my duties during these 27 years. Actually, I gave Duminda’s verdict too.