Browsing Media by Subject "Presidential immunity"

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    • G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)
      FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed… - G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2020)
      FALSE: “…Even if [former President Sirisena] has committed a crime, he cannot be prosecuted as he enjoys immunity in terms of Article 35(1) of the Constitution… No law has stripped Presidential immunity against criminal ...