“HD: Sri Lankan president violated the constitution”
“the Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena violated the constitution when he disbanded parliament, the beats, the country’s highest court. It opens to bring him to impeachment.”
“Sirisena dissolved the parliament on november 9, after having allowed the incumbent prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. He appointed the leader of the opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa to the successor and called for new elections on 5 January.”
“It sparked a constitutional crisis. The seven judges agreed that the president’s action was a violation of the constitution.”
“The deposed prime minister Wickremesinghes party has previously stated that it intended to await the judgment before deciding whether to ask the president’s impeachment.”
