By now, it is clear that neither the Speaker nor the members of the PSC (both government and UNP) would be appearing before the Court of Appeal as noticed, with only the lone members of the JVP and TNA confirming their attendance. It is rather surprising that the UNP members of the PSC – particularly the senior vice president of UNP, MP Kiriella – after making a big issue of the proceedings and behavior of some government ministers including ridiculing and insulting the Chief Justice, have now backed away from highlighting these shortcomings to the Court of Appeal. One wonders for what purpose a country should keep such an Opposition which on most controversial issues either runs away or supports the government covertly.
It is also very unlikely that the President who is foremost a political animal, would ever rise to the status of a statesman and diffuse the issue through a face-saving compromise – as proposed by some of his own constituent partners in the government and a very senior minister as well – and appoint an independent committee to go in to the charges against the Chief Justice.
Going by various utterances of the Ministers who were members of the PSC, it is obvious that they have already assumed the roles of supreme human beings in the mistaken belief that they are the sovereign powers whereas true sovereignty, as per the Constitution, lies with the people and no branch of governance has been given an overriding role through the Constitution, although as things stand, this so called sovereignty has already been hijacked by the Members of Parliament who are supposed to be the servants of the people but have assumed the roles of masters and therefore much despised by the people.
As things stand, the Speaker will refuse to entertain any decisions or recommendations of the Court of Appeal and the Parliament will go ahead with the debate and conclude to recommend to the President to impeach her which the President will gladly do unmindful of the repercussions of such hasty and illogical actions which will attract condemnation from the world community.
All what “remains” now is to redraft a suitable Obituary for the Demise of Democracy as we had hitherto experienced in this country. The main opposition too, in spite of its pious talk of freedom and democracy should take a major part of the blame for this disaster.
It is also very unlikely that the President who is foremost a political animal, would ever rise to the status of a statesman and diffuse the issue through a face-saving compromise – as proposed by some of his own constituent partners in the government and a very senior minister as well – and appoint an independent committee to go in to the charges against the Chief Justice.
Going by various utterances of the Ministers who were members of the PSC, it is obvious that they have already assumed the roles of supreme human beings in the mistaken belief that they are the sovereign powers whereas true sovereignty, as per the Constitution, lies with the people and no branch of governance has been given an overriding role through the Constitution, although as things stand, this so called sovereignty has already been hijacked by the Members of Parliament who are supposed to be the servants of the people but have assumed the roles of masters and therefore much despised by the people.
As things stand, the Speaker will refuse to entertain any decisions or recommendations of the Court of Appeal and the Parliament will go ahead with the debate and conclude to recommend to the President to impeach her which the President will gladly do unmindful of the repercussions of such hasty and illogical actions which will attract condemnation from the world community.
All what “remains” now is to redraft a suitable Obituary for the Demise of Democracy as we had hitherto experienced in this country. The main opposition too, in spite of its pious talk of freedom and democracy should take a major part of the blame for this disaster.
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