COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee has concluded after a much-criticized impeachment hearing that the country’s chief justice is unfit to hold office because of unexplained wealth and misuse of power.
Government lawmaker Anura Yapa, who headed the 11-member impeachment committee, told reporters Saturday that they investigated only five of the 14 charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and concluded that she was guilty of three and innocent of two. Bandaranayake has denied all the allegations.
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