COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s chief justice on Friday attended the first day of a parliamentary hearing investigating an impeachment motion that accuses her of misusing power and having unexplained wealth.
Lawyers shouted slogans condemning the motion and cheered for Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake as she left the Supreme Court and drove to the parliament to face an 11-member committee that is probing 14 charges against her. The committee is made up of seven government lawmakers and four from the opposition.
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