<p>The Sri Lankan government will go ahead with the impeachment of the country’s first woman Chief Justice despite mounting global pressure to avoid a clash with the judiciary, a pro-government paper said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The drama over the ongoing attempt to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is expected to end later this week with Parliament debating and voting on the report of the Parliamentary Select Committee which found her guilty of three of the five charges examined,” a well informed source was quoted by the “Sunday Island” as saying. “It will be all over by January 11,” the source told the paper. “The writing is on the wall. Once Parliament votes on the resolution and an address is made to the President, she will be removed,” the pro-government newspaper said.<br /><br />The paper said that there will be no change of stance by the government despite mounting pressure both locally and externally. This is inspite of the Supreme Court’s constitutional interpretation that the select committee which probed and found Banadaranayake guilty was illegal. The parliamentary panel on December 8, 2012, ruled that Bandaranayake was guilty of three of the 14 charges which inclue financial impropriety based on non declaration of assets and conflict of interest in a case involving a failed investment firm.</p>
<p>The Sri Lankan government will go ahead with the impeachment of the country’s first woman Chief Justice despite mounting global pressure to avoid a clash with the judiciary, a pro-government paper said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The drama over the ongoing attempt to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is expected to end later this week with Parliament debating and voting on the report of the Parliamentary Select Committee which found her guilty of three of the five charges examined,” a well informed source was quoted by the “Sunday Island” as saying. “It will be all over by January 11,” the source told the paper. “The writing is on the wall. Once Parliament votes on the resolution and an address is made to the President, she will be removed,” the pro-government newspaper said.<br /><br />The paper said that there will be no change of stance by the government despite mounting pressure both locally and externally. This is inspite of the Supreme Court’s constitutional interpretation that the select committee which probed and found Banadaranayake guilty was illegal. The parliamentary panel on December 8, 2012, ruled that Bandaranayake was guilty of three of the 14 charges which inclue financial impropriety based on non declaration of assets and conflict of interest in a case involving a failed investment firm.</p>