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1 | Sri Lanka: Reactions To The Impeachment Of The Chief Justice | Sri Lanka: Fihetseham-po Mikasika Ny Fanonganana Ny Filohan'ny Fitsarana Tampony |
2 | The impeachment of the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake has been the talk of the country. | Ny fanonganana ny filohan'ny Fitsarana faha-43 ao Sri Lanka, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake no ambetin-dresaka manerana ny firenena. |
3 | Bandaranayake is an academic and her lack of judicial background had led to several protests by lawyers and judges at the time of her appointment in 2011. | Mpianatra ambony teny amin'ny anjerimanontolo i Bandaranayake, ny tsy fananany traikefa eo amin'ny sehatry ny fitsarana no nahatonga ireo fihetsiketsehana marobe nataon'ireo mpisolovava sy mpitsara tamin'ny fanendrena azy tamin'ny taona 2011. |
4 | The allegations brought against her are of abuse of power and failure to disclose her income and her foreign exchange. | Ny fanararaota-pahefana sy ny tsy nahavitany nampiseho ny fidiram-bolany sy ny deviziny any ivelany no antony nanenjehana azy. |
5 | She says that she is not guilty of the charges the government brought against her. | Nilaza izy fa tsy meloka manoloana ireo vesatra hanenjehan'ny governemanta azy. |
6 | However, it is widely speculated that the impeachment proceedings were triggered by an adverse judgment given by her striking down the Divenguma Bill. | Na dia izany aza, siosion-dresaka malaza noho ny fitsarana nampifanolana tamin'ny nitsipahany ny Volavolan-dalàna Divenguma no nahatonga ny fanaovana araka ny voatondron'ny lalàna ny fanonganana azy . |
7 | Law and Other Things blog explains: | Bilaogy Law and Other Things nanazava hoe: |
8 | The bill would have centralized development funds which were previously devolved to local authorities, and would have granted greater discretionary powers to the Minister of Economic Affairs. | Tokony nahafahana nametraka toeram-panangonana ny vola natokana ho amin'ny fampandrosoana izay natokona ho an'ny manam-pahefana isam-paritra tamin'ny voalohany ilay lalàna, ka tokony nahafahan'ny Minisitry ny Raharaha Ara-Toekarena hanana fahefana manokana lehibe kokoa ihany koa. |
9 | Devolution has been a long standing demand of Tamil parties and was brought as part of the peace process. | Efa ela no notakian'ireo antoko Tamoul ny fitsinjaram-pahefana ary nentina ho fomba mankany amin'ny filaminana. |
10 | However, ethno-nationalist Sinhala politicians want to nullify even the limited devolution that has been introduced. | Na dia izany aza, te hanafoana ilay fitsinjaram-pahefana na dia mbola bitika aza ireo mpanao politika nasionalista sinhala. |
11 | Basil Rajapakse, the Minister for Economic Affairs, is the brother of the President Mahinda Rajapakse. | Basil Rajapakse, Minisitry ny Raharaha Ara-Toekarena, no rahalahin'ny Filoha Mahinda Rajapakse. |
12 | The Speaker of Parliament, who initiated the impeachment proceedings and heads the Parliamentary Select Committee, is Chamal Rajapakse, another brother of the President. | Anisan'ny rahalahin'ny filoha ihany koa i Chamal Rajapakse, mpitondra tenin'ny antenimiera, izay niaingan'ny fanonganana sy mitarika ny Vaomiera Voafantin'ny Antenimiera. |
13 | Photograph of 43rd and first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Hon. Dr. Shirani A Bandaranayake. | Sarin'ilay vehivavy voalohany filohan'ny Fitsarana faha-43 ao Sri Lanka, Hon. Dr. Shirani A Bandaranayake. |
14 | Copyright Shaveen Bandaranayake CC BY 3.0. | Copyright Shaveen Bandaranayake CC BY 3.0. |
15 | An impeachment motion against Chief Justice Bandaranayake signed by 117 ruling party MPs was handed to the Speaker of the parliament on 1 November 2012. | Natolotra ny Filohan'ny Antenimera tamin'ny 1 novambra 2012 ny soso-kevitra fanonganana ny filohan'ny fitsarana Bandaranayake izay nosoniavin'ireo solombavambahoaka 117 avy ao amin'ny antokon'ny fitondrana. |
16 | An eleven member parliamentary select committee (PSC) was appointed to investigate the charges against her who conducted three hearings and the opposition MPs withdrew from PSC on 7 December, 2012. | Notendrena ireo mpikambana iraika ambinifolo ao amin'ny vaomiera manokana ny antenimerana mba hanadihady ireo vesatra iampangana azy, izay nahatonga ireo fangalana am-bavany telo. Nametra-pialana tao amin'ny vaomiera parlemantera ireo solombavambahoaka mpanohitra tamin'ny 7 Desambra 2012. |
17 | In a report to the president the PSC it was revealed that three of five charges against Bandaranayake had been proven and this was enough to remove her from office. | Tamin'ny tatitra natolotra ny filohan'ny vaomiera parlemantera, voalaza tao fa voaporofo ny telo amin'ireo fiampanga dimy hanenjehana an'i Bandaranayake ary ampy hanesorana azy amin'ny asany izany. |
18 | Opposition MPs have rejected the PSC report. | Nitsipaka ny tatitry ny VP ireo solombavambahoaka mpanohitra. |
19 | Law and Other Things reports: | Bilaogy- Law and Other Things nitatitra hoe : |
20 | On December 15, The Bar Association of Sri Lanka passed a resolution in support of Chief Justice Bandaranayake and asserted that it would not cooperate if a new person was appointed in her stead as Chief Justice by President Rajapakse. | Tamin'ny 15 Desambara, nandray fepetra ny Fikambanan'ny Mpisolovava ao Sri Lanka ho fanohanana ny filohan'ny fitsarana Bandaranayake ary nilaza fa tsy hiara-hiasa izy ireo raha olom-baovao no voatendrin'ny Filoha Rajapakse eo amin'ny filohan'ny fitsarana. |
21 | (Details here in a report in the Hindu). | (Ato ny antsipirihan'ny tatitra tao amin'ny The Hindu). |
22 | On December 19, the Chief Justice moved the Court of Appeal asking for the impeachment proceedings against her to be quashed. | Tamin'ny 19 Desambra, nanetsika ny Fitsarana Ambony ny filohan'ny fitsarana mba hitaky ny fanafoanana ny fombafombam-panonganana azy. |
23 | Details of her arguments are available in this story in the Washington Post. | Azo jerena ato amin'ity lahatsoratra tao amin'ny Washington Post ity ny antsipirihan'ny fandresen-dahatra nataony tamin'izany. |
24 | Street protests also continued in the country. | Nitohy tao amin'ny firenena ny fihetsiketsehana teny an-dalambe. |
25 | Indi.ca reported that protests for the Chief Justice was broken up by government supporters and the police stood by. | Nitatitra ny Indi.ca fa noravan'ny mpiara-dia amin'ny governemanta ny fihetsiketseham-panohanana ny filohan'ny Fitsarana kanefa nijery fotsiny ny polisy . |
26 | On 3 january 2013 The Supreme Court ruled that the PSC had no power to investigate allegations against the chief justice and the impeachment was therefore unconstitutional by misinterpreting the constitution. | Tamin'ny 3 janoary 2013, nanambara ny Fitsarana Tampony fa tsy manana fahefana hanadihady ireo fiampangana ny Filohan'ny fitsarana faratampony ny PSC ka noho izany tsy mifanaraka amin'ny lalàmpanorenana ny fanonganana azy, izay mifototra amin'ny fandraisana diso ny Lalàmpanorenana. |
27 | But on the following week the impeachment motion against Bandaranayake was debated by Parliament and the motion was passed with a majority vote. | Saingy herinandro taorian'izany, niadian-kevitra tao amin'ny antenimiera ny soso-kevitra momba ny fanonganana an'i Bandaranayake ary voafidin'ny maro an'isa ny soso-kevitra. |
28 | This move raised many legal debates. | Niteraka adihevitra be momba ny lalàna izany latsa-bato izany. |
29 | On 13 January 2013 Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was replaced by Mr. Mohan Peiris. | Tamin'ny 13 Janoary 2013, nosoloana an' Andriamatoa Mohan Peiris ny filohan'ny fitsarana Shirani Bandaranayake . |
30 | In an interview with Groundviews, Asanga Welikala, a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives termed the impeachment as devastating. | Tamin'ny resadresaka nifanaovana tamin'ny Groundviews, nanasokaly ny fampiatoana ho fanapotehana i Asanga Welikala, mpikaroka ao amin'ny Ivotoeran'ny Politika Mahasolo. |
31 | UNP parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne said that parliament was the instrument used by the president to weaken the judiciary. | Nilaza koa ilay solombavambahoaka avy ao amin'ny antoko Firaisambe Nasionaly UNP Eran Wickramaratne fa nataon'ny filoha fitaovana fotsiny ny antenimiera mba hampalemy ny rafi-fitsarana. |
32 | Patta Pal Boru reacts about the new appointment: | Patta Pal Boru naneho hevitra momba ilay fanendrena vaovao: |
33 | how can a person who has been advising the President of any country in the past three years or thereabouts in turn be appointed a Chief Justice, as by definition, his loyalties and objectivity is called into question, no matter how much standing he has in society. | Nahoana no olona mpanolotsainan'ny Filoha nandritra ny telo taona no voatendry ho filohan'ny fitsarana, satria ara-pamaritana, mampanontany tena ny fahitsim-po aman-tsainany sy ny fijorony ho tokony tsy miangatra , tsy ijerena izay toerana misy azy ao amin'ny fiarahamonina. |
34 | Tisaranee Gunasekara writes: | Tisaranee Gunasekara nanoratra hoe: |
35 | The quintessentially Rajapaksa-impeachment produced a quintessentially Rajapaksa Chief In-justice. | Ny fanonganana tena tsara an'i Rajapaksa no niteraka ilay Lehiben'ny Fitsarana tena tsara Rajapaksa. |
36 | Mohan Peiris, the trusted acolyte of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the man who lied to the world on behalf of his political masters, is the ideal choice to head the Rajapaksa judiciary, given the critical absence of a Rajapaksa Sibling, Son or Nephew capable of holding that fort. | Mohan Peiris, ilay namana mahatokin'i Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, lehilahy nandainga tamin'izao tontolo izao tamin'ny anaran'ireo Lehibe ara-politikany, no safidy idealy hitarika ny Fitsarana Rajapaksa, noho ny tsy fisian'ny mpiray tampò , na zanaka lahy na zana-drahalahy afaka nihazona izany toerana izany. |
37 | Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court in Colombo as they participate in a rally against Chief Justice Bandaranayake. | Mpanao fihetsiketsehana mitangorona eo ivelan'ny Fitsarana ao Colombo, fihetsiketseham-panoherana ny Filohan'ny fitsarana Bandaranayake. |
38 | Image by Tharaka Basnayaka. | Sary avy amin'i Tharaka Basnayaka. |
39 | Copyright Demotix (4/12/2012) | Copyright Demotix (4/12/2012) |
40 | The CJ, with or without the consent or complicity of her backers or rather the anti-regime circus, did herself no favors. [..] | Ny filohan'ny Fitsarana, na misy na tsy misy ny fankatoavana na ny firaisana tsikombakomba avy amin'ireo mpiaro azy na koa ny sinemà manohitra ny fitondrana, dia tsy nahazo sitraka mihitsy. [..] |
41 | The antics of the Government and its backers certainly made it possible to tag ‘witch-hunt' to the process. [..] | Nu fihetsiketsehana ivelany ataon'ny governemanta sy ny mpiaro azy no nahatonga ny “haza lambo” ho tontosa. [..] |
42 | The behavior of the Chief Justice, before and after the process began, tells me in no uncertain terms that she falls well short of expectations. | Nampiseho ny fitondra-tenan'ny filohan'ny fitsarana, taloha sy taorian'ny fombafombam-panonganana fa mbola lavitry ny zavatra antenaina aminy. |
43 | She has, by omission and commission, helped compromise the dignity of the position. | Na adinony na nataony mihitsy, ny nanao izay hahavery haja ilay andraikitra. |
44 | After her impeachment Bandaranayake claimed that she fears for her life and those of her husband and son. | Taorian'ny fanonganana azy, nilaza i Badaranayake fa matahotra ny amin'ny ainy sy ny vadiny ary ireo zanany lahy izy. |