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Govt. urged to halt ‘illegal’ presidential pardons

By Shamindra Ferdinando The government is coming under pressure from civil society organisations to formulate a clear ‘mechanism’ to deal with requests for presidential pardons.

  • Civil society groups criticize government's handling of presidential pardons.
  • Supreme Court declared 2019 pardon of Ven. Gnanasara Thera invalid.
  • Gnanasara Thera recently arrested and remanded in custody.

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