Court of Appeal Judge Ratnapriya Gurusinghe has resigned as a member of the new commission appointed by the President with special powers to investigate allegations of political revenge.
According to the Daily Financial Times, Gurusinghe has submitted his resignation to the President and has been replaced by Court of Appeal Judge Sobitha Rajakaruna.
The commission was appointed by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to look into the implementation of recommendations made by a commission previously chaired by Justice Upali Abeyratne, which was appointed to investigate political revenge during the previous regime.
The new commission, which was appointed with special powers, caused a great deal of controversy in the political arena due to its transfer of special judicial powers, including the abolition of judicial powers and civic rights.
The President has exercised the powers vested in the President to establish these special powers Presidential Commissions.The other members of the commission are Supreme Court Judge Dhammika Priyantha Jayawardena and Justice Kumuduni Wickramasinghe.
