Gamini Lakshman Peiris
Minister Peiris misrepresents effect of 19A on presidential immunity
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As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts… That is why immunity is needed…
Aruna | September 8, 2020
Posted on: 7 October, 2020
False
Minister Peiris correct: Pre 19A the president had unbridled power to dissolve parliament.
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Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th Amendment] parliament cannot be dissolved for four and a half years. It is only with...
Lankadeepa | August 10, 2020
Posted on: 16 September, 2020
True