மகா சங்கத்தினரிடம் மன்னிப்பு கோரிய மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன

Former President Maithripala Sirisena has sought forgiveness from the Maha Sangha over a procedural flaw linked to the presidential pardon he gave Buddhist monk Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thera. Reports from Daily Mirror, Ada Derana and other outlets cover the apology. Tamilmirror’s headline says Sirisena acknowledged that he had been misled.

In a statement, Sirisena identified the problem as the failure to send the relevant papers to the Prisons Ministry for its approval, Lankadeepa reported. Newswire says he blamed officials at the Presidential Secretariat for misleading him during the pardon process. The reports supplied here do not state when the pardon was granted or provide more detail about the documents.

Ada Derana’s Tamil-language report says the Supreme Court recently dealt with the general pardon issued to Gnanasara during Sirisena’s presidency. Hiru News’s Tamil headline reports that the pardon was revoked, but offers no explanation of the court’s action or the present legal position.

Separately, Lankadeepa reported that joint opposition convener G. L. Peiris, speaking at a media briefing, urged the government to remedy the procedural problem and grant Gnanasara a full presidential pardon. The reports do not say whether the government plans to act.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.