Gota failed even in exercising powers to grant Presidential pardon: Hirunika

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Colombo, Jan. 17 (Daily Mirror)- The Supreme Court decision on Duminda Silva has further proved that former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had failed in all what he had done during his two year tenure, where he even failed to exercise powers vested in him to grant Presidential pardon, former MP Hirunika Premachandra said today.

She told a news conference that Gotabaya Rajapaksa was so ignorant even being unable to adopt the due procedures in granting a Presidential pardon.

Ms. Premachandra said Gotabaya Rajapaksa had given in to the pressure by Duminda Silva's faction and had signed the document to grant Duminda a Presidential pardon and ultimately had ended up being humiliated.

She said the Supreme Court decision also proved that truth will prevail someday, overpowering any financial, political or media power.

When asked what if a next President elect gives him a Presidential pardon again, she said she never thinks a next President would do something to get humiliated again.

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Sudath Wednesday, 17 January 2024 10:00 PM

Even the incumbent president can grant him a pardon while properly following the constitution

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Kannan Wednesday, 17 January 2024 10:04 PM

What law you did learn in law college..? Calling you an utter failure is harsh.

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Dee Wednesday, 17 January 2024 10:28 PM

‘Raneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! Raneeeeeeeeeeeel!!

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Gt Thursday, 18 January 2024 12:03 AM

All presidential pardons should be scrapped and individuals returned to prisons, why does a pres have the ability to pardon murderers just coz they are part of his friends families, any offences they do after pardon should be both on the perpetrator and the pardoners shoulders, what a joke sri lanka is

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Common Man Thursday, 18 January 2024 02:00 AM

The Rajapakses while in power always thought they were above the law. This is a blatant demonstration of their partially educated, arrogant personalities.

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Ram Thursday, 18 January 2024 05:21 AM

With the mistake Gota made in pardoning Duminda Silva I wonder if Gota received good advice from Ali Sabri who was the Justice Minister then and also Gota's personal legal advisor OR whether Gota disregarded all advice as he claimed that he is the Law

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Nilmini Welivita Thursday, 18 January 2024 06:04 AM

This poor man has suffered enough. Can't you people move on ? Hon. Rajapaksas did the best for the country but unfortunate incidents led to this tragedy.

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BuffaloaCitizen Thursday, 18 January 2024 12:29 PM

What bullshit, he nor his brothers did not do anything for this country other than disaster. Even the war is all about killing one's own citizens especially the youth to cover up making honest decisions benefitting all citizens of the country and playing the race card to win elections. In the end, they won and we citizens lost and become punks of politicians. After all this lessons, still we get punks like you praising these rascals.

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Pin Gona 2 Thursday, 18 January 2024 02:37 PM

I understand your sarcasm !!! LOL'z

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Amarasiri Jan Thursday, 18 January 2024 08:16 AM

Don't forget that not only Dumiya, but Bharathaya was also a big drug dealer

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joshua Thursday, 18 January 2024 08:55 AM

We all know he was a failed leader. No use harping on it and wasting your time.

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Terrence K Thursday, 18 January 2024 09:00 AM

The incumbent President could make arrangements to rectify the procedure adopted and thus satisfy the compliance factor and resubmit it to the Supreme Court with his Presidential Pardon as he will not want his predecessor to be dishonoured who was instrumental in passing the mantle of power to him. With the President doing extra ordinary things everything is possible like his uncle one of the Past President's who said the only thing I can't do is changing a "woman to a Man". Coming days will tell us the future is full of surprises!!!!!!!!

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"A country gets a ruler, it deserve" is proven Thursday, 18 January 2024 09:03 AM

In our Religious and Racial hatred frenzy fanned by Easter bomb blast and Baila singing snake at Kelaniya, we blindly voted and bestowed all the powers to DUD. He used it to plunder the nation, so much that Rs.17 million lying around was of nobody's concern. "My Word is the Law" he said.

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Just Ice Thursday, 18 January 2024 10:58 AM

What about the Presidential pardon given to Jude Shramantha jayamaha by Sirisena, which he openly said was due to the extreme presuure by Athureliye Ratana

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Bernard Jayatilake Thursday, 18 January 2024 02:22 PM

No one can show sympathy towards convicted murderers and criminals and to prevent present and future heads-of-state granting pardons to such persons as hey please due to political pressure once the highest courts deliver their judgements, the relevant clause in the Constitution should be impunged.

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Vadivelu Yogaratnam Thursday, 18 January 2024 04:38 PM

You are perfectly true this man was a soldier trained to fight not a qualified lawyer or economist to enter into politics, absolutely greedy foolish people elected him as president, until people wake-up Rajapaksa family continue to fool the majority people whatever lies comes to their mouth to regain power hoping to steal hard earned foreign exchange by Ranil, that is there prime object people should not give room for that.

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