Sajith condemns President’s pardon of Royal Park murderer
NDF Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday (12) condemned outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to pardon convicted killer Shramantha Jayamaha who was on death row.
In a Twitter post, the Presidential candidate condemned the President’s decision and said as president he will never abuse the power of pardon.
“I condemn the President’s decision to pardon Yvonne’s killer. As someone whose father was murdered, I understand the family’s grief. We cannot be bystanders to violence, especially against women. As President I will never abuse the power of pardon,” Premadasa tweeted. President Sirisena in his final week at office granted a Presidential pardon to Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha on Saturday (9), who was given a death sentence by the Court of Appeal in 2012 for brutally murdering 19-year-old Yvonne Johannson at Royal Park apartment in 2005.
(Source: Daily News )
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Fully Agree! It is a bad decision.
This guy has been in prison for approximately 15 years for a crime committed in a fit of rage.
Our excellent Prisons System must have rehabilitated him, ready to become a law abiding citizen.
He has shown promise; he obtained an overseas degree while serving his term and has registered for a Doctorate.
He comes from a rich family related to the King through his brother, the Telecom Moghul.
I don’t see any problem with this pardon.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he is elected to Parliament in the next elections and be the State Minister for Environment assisting the King, who will be the Environment Minister under the Pohottu Regime that will be set up on 17 Nov following GR’s clear victory.
The King (a lowly joeblow with the earlier war-winning King who knew well where this joeblow’s limits were and kept him in his place) was made King by the nincompoop, unpatriotic Green in then opposition, poops who then had bright hopes of being the rulers of this nation only in 50 years (given how steller popular they were with the masses then), told him to eat aapa and jump over to their side and the calamity that befell our nation since then is what we sadly see today! As such it is not likely that this departing Idiotic King is going to be able to curry favors with the incoming brand new ‘warrior’ King! Idiotic King is best to stay with the Green honchos who breathed life into his lungs in the first place! Hahaha…