A tale of two stay
orders
The appeals court issued a stay order on the 3rd of
November preventing the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, the ministers, deputy
ministers and state ministers acting in
their respective positions. The stay order will stay until the Appeals court
delivers its judgment on the issue of a Quo Warranto writ. This does not mean
that the Portfolios have been abolished as claimed by some former ministers of
the UNF government. The appointment of the Prime Minister and the minsters is
legal and has not been challenged and Mahinda Rajapakse remains the Prime Minister
of the country.
