The Motion of Impeachment brought against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayeke, signed by 117 MPs, was included in the Order Paper of Parliament for today.
Accordingly the Speaker, Chamal Rajapaksa within the course of today will inform the Parliament regarding the motion, which contains 14 detailed charges against the Chief Justice.
The charges include the purchasing of property, “by paying a sum of Rs 19,362,500 in cash, the manner in which such sum of money was earned had not been disclosed,” to real-estate companies and not declaring in the annual declaration of assets and liabilities, the details of approximately Rs. 34 million in foreign currency deposited at a branch of NDB Bank.
She is also charged of not declaring details of more than twenty bank accounts maintained in various banks including nine accounts in the aforesaid branch of NDB Bank.
The motion also notes that Mr. Pradeep Kariyawasam, the lawful husband of Mrs. Bandaranayake, is a suspect in relation to legal action initiated at the Magistrate’s Court of Colombo in connection with the offences regarding acts of bribery and/or corruption.
The order paper says that Bandaranayake is unfit to remain chief justice because she has the power to transfer or take disciplinary action against judges or examine case documents when her husband, a former state bank chairman is on trial for corruption.
She is also accused of misusing her position to harass other judges.
Full list of signatories of the motion and the detailed charges can be viewed below:
Charges in Impeachment Against Chief Justice
