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Sirisena apologises to Maha Sangha over Gnanasara Thero's re-imprisonment
Former President Maithripala Sirisena apologised to the Maha Sangha, saying Venerable Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero had to be imprisoned
Summary
The Supreme Court revoked the presidential pardon granted to Gnanasara Thero, which led to the Thero being imprisoned again. The statement said that, in ordering the Thero's re-imprisonment, the court had recorded a technical error in the documents submitted to it by the President's Office as one of the grounds on which it had earlier released him.
What this story is about
People
- Maithripala Sirisena4
- Maha Sangha3
- Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
- Venerable Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero
- Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
- Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
- Sandya Ekneligoda
- Maithri
Organisations
- Ministry of Justice and Prisons3
- Homagama Magistrate's Court2
- Presidential Secretariat2
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Keywords
- apologises3
- pardon3
- error2
- over2
- imprisonment
- apologizes
- technical
- approva
- reveals
- misled
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Sirisena apologises to Maha Sangha over Gnanasara pardon errorSri Lanka Mirror
Sirisena apologises to Maha Sangha over technical error in Gnanasara Thera’s pardonDaily Mirror
“I was misled” – Maithri apologizes, reveals what went wrong with Gnanasara Thera’s presidential pardonNewsWire English