ஞானசார தேரருக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட மன்னிப்பு இரத்து: மகா சங்கத்தினரிடம் மன்னிப்பு கோரினார் மைத்திரி!
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Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa and Ada Derana report that former President Maithripala Sirisena apologised to the Maha Sangha over a technical error in the presidential pardon granted to Ven. Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thera.
Lankadeepa reports that the error involved failing to send the relevant documents to the ministry responsible for prisons to obtain approval. Daily Mirror also reports that the required ministry approval was not secured.
Newswire reports that Sirisena said officials at the Presidential Secretariat misled him during the process. Tamilmirror’s headline also says he acknowledged being misled, but provides no further details. Hiru News reports that he apologised to the Maha Sangha over the revocation of Gnanasara Thera’s pardon.
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Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Daily Mirror · RW explains circumstances behind Gnanasara Thera’s presidential pardon
- Daily Mirror · I granted pardon to Gnanasara Thera in line with the Constitution: Maithripala Sirisena
- Newswire · Gnanasara Thera’s presidential pardon : PM Harini responds
- Hiru News (தமிழ்) · ஞானசார தேரருக்கு ஜனாதிபதி பொது மன்னிப்பு வழங்க முடியாது – நீதியமைச்சர்