(Lanka-e-News- 15.July.2015, 10.20PM) The announcement made by president Maithripala Sirisena yesterday in his address to the nation notwithstanding, exposing ex president Mahinda Rajapakse, it has now been proved based on the existing laws that the latter is not elgible for the post of speaker or prime minister (P.M) even if Kurunegala district SLFP candidate Mahinda Rajapakse gets elected to parliament.
Under the present constitution, Mahinda Rajapakse cannot hold the post of prime minister or speaker.
Mahinda Rajapakse who changed the constitution based on his maniacal greed for power to continue forever in power cannot even become a prime minister under the 19 th amendment to the constitution. In other words , despite Mahinda Rajapakse moving heaven and earth to secure the post of prime minister supported by his villainous slaves , due to this 19 th amendment , all their hopes and dreams of making him a P.M. have been dashed to the ground.
“If the president has been elected twice on people’s votes ” , by the 18 th amendment of 92 ( c) of the constitution the barrier that existed against his appointment again was withdrawn . But the subsequent 19 th amendment has restituted that prohibition.
Accordingly,
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Those who are barred from holding the post of member of parliament
A president who has been elected twice by the people ,as well as a president who has been removed on an impeachment motion cannot be appointed to post of president under 92 of the constitution.
Therefore when Mahinda Rajapakse is not eligible to hold the post of president , it necessarily presupposes that he is not eligible to be appointed as acting president to carry out the duties of president.
38(2) and 40 (2) ( c ) of the constitution clearly stipulate that , it is the prime minister or the speaker shall act for the president . In the circumstances , Mahinda Rajapakse who is not eligible even to be acting president cannot hold the post of prime minister or speaker.
Moreover 40(1( (a) of the constitution very clearly states , in case the presidency terminates prematurely , it is a member of parliament who is eligible to become a president who should be selected, and not a member of parliament who is ineligible to be elected as the president .
Accordingly , Mahinda Rajapakse who was appointed as president a second time in 2010 is not eligible to be prime minister or speaker.
35(1) of the constitution states the circumstances under which legal action cannot be filed against the president: Cases cannot be filed in respect of any matters done or not done by him in his official status or privately.
Hence, if the incumbent president apppoints Mahinda Rajapakse to the post of P.M., there is nothing to forbid a fundamental rights petition being filed against it, meaning that if Mahinda is appointed P.M. , under the 19 th amendment to the constitution , there is nothing to bar the filing of a FR petition against the president for violating fundamental rights.
By Sameera of the legal research division of Lanka e News
Translated by Jeff
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