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SB blames plea-bargain for woes
Monday, 20 December 2004 - 11:43 PM SL Time
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Jailed frontline Sri Lankan opposition politician S.B. Dissanayake has blamed a plea-bargain that went wrong for his incarceration. He said that he now wants his lawyer to help him spill the beans of the negotiations that were held to get him off lightly.
Dissanayake, a one-time general secretary of the Freedom Party (SLFP), was sentenced by the Supreme Court to two years` imprisonment for contempt of court over a public speech he made last year as agriculture minister.
In his speech he had said that the president had asked the Supreme Court for an opinion on the responsibility of Defence Ministry, but that his party would not accept any `low-down` (the reference was to a dog) of the court.
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samanj
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21 Dec 2004 15:34:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Was their a misconception or something sinister that took place for SB to make a plea bargain & to be convicted ???
It would be of utmost importance to have any such doubts cleared to mete out impartial justice.
If there is a resemblance of doubt, it would be in the best interest of the justice system in the country, a temporary repreive be granted to SB & a re trial be conducted or ordered. |
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