Mohan Peiris the next Chief Justice?

Former Attorney General Mohan Peiris is tipped to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Sri Lanka if Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake is removed from the position, in the wake of her impeachment, political sources said.

The impeachment motion which was passed in parliament with a majority of 106 votes today is to be forwarded to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

Speculation is rife that either Mohan Peiris, Justice Shiranee Tilakawardane and Justice Sathya  Hettige are frontrunners to be selected for the post if the president decides to accepts the proposal t remove the incumbent chief justice.

However, sources reveal that Peiris is most likely to receive the post of the top judge of Sri Lanka.

Mohan Peiris joined the Attorney General’s Department in 1981 as a State Counsel, later becoming a Senior State Counsel serving for over 15 years. 

He was the Chairman of the Board of Examiners for the Intermediate Examination and Examiner of the Sri Lanka Law College, a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo, Deputy President of the Sri Lanka Bar Association (BASL) and a member of the Sri Lankan Delegation to the Universal Periodic review at the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.