Government Parliamentarians have signed a petition, requesting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to pardon murder convict former MP Duminda Silva, the SundayTimes Newspaper reports.
The Chief Government Whip’s office staff circulated the petition for MPs signature during the government parliamentary group meeting held on Tuesday (October 20).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not present and it was chaired by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sunday Times report added.
“The fact that the Chief Government Whip’s office staff circulated the petition and almost all MPs who attended the group meeting placed their signatures makes clear the exercise had official blessings. When the petition goes to President Rajapaksa, the release of Duminda Silva is thus a strong likelihood. When President Maithripala Sirisena was in office, he pardoned Jude Shramantha Jayamaha, the murderer of Yvonne Jonsson, a 19-year-old Swedish girl living in Sri Lanka.” the Sunday Times reported.
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