Lord Naseby considers President Sirisena’s action constitutional
The appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka was unusual, but it was not unconstitutional, British Lord Naseby told the media yesterday.
“As far as I can see there is nothing unconstitutional. Every country has its constitution, what has happened in Sri Lanka is unusual but not unconstitutional. But we have had unusual things in the UK. We were supposed to have a fixed term Parliament. Five years fixed but we never got that far, it was cut short, so these things happen.”
The Lord said that those involved, especially the President, who was elected, had acted in the interest of the country. “I am quite sure, I have met him on a number of occasions and I think he is a very wise man and whatever the action he has taken would be in the interest of the country. I am sure there are many lawyers who take a different view on the constitution but that’s the challenge with lawyers.”
Lord Naseby also expressed his unhappiness at Conservative MP Sir Hugo Swire who told the British House of Commons that the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt must tell President Maithripala Sirisena that the international community continued to recognise Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the legitimate Prime Minister.
“I am unhappy that a former British Junior minister suggesting that it was unconstitutional. That’s not the role of a UK Parliamentarin . People who take an interest in Sri Lanka of course want to help but I have been very careful. I have never supported any one party and I have never done any business. I would suggest my colleague that he do exactly the same.”
(Source: The Island)
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Of Course, appointment of Hon Mahendra Percy Rajapuksa is 100% constitutionally correct.
Lord Naseby may be a bit senile but he sure loves Sri Lanka and its beaches and Golden sands and the Samanlayas who frequent tourist hotels and beaches.
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The problem with our constitution is that it is ramified with amendments and we are going through the 19th and further amendments are inevitable. I doubt if Lord what not had time to devote to resolve the contradictions found there in and the conflicts arising between the sinhala. tamil and english versions is doubtful and we have only his word for it until some such time some experts sit and do an exhaustive analysis.
Perhaps the only intelligent that Lord Naseby made is that the British parliamnent had no right to interfere with sri lankan domestic affairs for Sri Lanka sevred connection with the crown following indepnedence and only fragments of the Solbury constitution survive and even that is not recognised becuase sri lanka adopted a sinhala constitution.
I think this Lord is senile; he should retire from public life and take long walks in rose gardens where he can have relationships, in his last days, with Samanaleyas. We can supply a few Samanaleyas if he wishes.
The International Community do not recognise Governments; they recognise States.
Unfortunately our State is now a PARIAH STATE because the constitutionally elected Government has been unconstitutionally sacked by the Head of State.