President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to invoke the consultative jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in order to determine the commencement of his second term of office following his overwhelming victory at last Tuesday’s presidential election, senior governmental sources said yesterday.
``The lawyers are working on this,’’ they said pointing out that the president, like anybody else, would like to maximize his tenure.Asked when he would take his oath of office for the new term at a meeting with editors, publishers and other media...