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Rajapaksa only because she gave a ruling against the
government in reprisal for inconveniently declaring
unconstitutional
including
one
part
against
of
its
legislative
a
bill
proposed
agenda
by
Basil
Rajapaksa, then Minister for Economic Development and
the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On 6th
November 2012, 14 charges were made against Chief
Justice
Bandaranyake
including
professional
and
financial misconduct and abuse of power. Even though
the
Speaker
Justice
resign
revealed
Bandaranayake
from
her
these
had
office,
charges
denied
a
which
and
Chief
refused
Parliamentary
to
Select
Committee (PSC) was formed with seven ruling party
MPs along with 4 opposition MPs to conduct an inquiry
and the PSC found Bandaranayake guilty on account of
a few charges which was enough to remove her from the
office. All the four opposition MPs withdrew from
the Committee rejecting the reports saying “This was
not an inquiry-it was an inquisition”. The report was
first
sent
to
the
President
and
later
to
Parliament for vote on the impeachment motion.
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