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Lawyers to boycott courts
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka severely condemned the Parliament’s move to take up two-day debate on the impeachment against the Chief Justice Dr. Shirani A. Bandaranayake and decided to boycott courts on January 10 and 11.
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka severely condemned the Parliament’s move to take up two-day debate on the impeachment against the Chief Justice Dr. Shirani A. Bandaranayake and decided to boycott courts on January 10 and 11.
BASL President Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha said that lawyers across the country would refrain from attending courts on the two days in support of the Supreme Court determination against the impeachment.
The Bar Association in a strongly worded statement urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa and the leaders of all political parties representing the Parliament to honour and respect the determination of the Supreme Court
“The Bar is seriously concerned about the negative and eroding impact that any action of the legislative and executive organs of the government to disrespect and dishonor the determination of the Supreme Court would have on the Rule of Law in this Country,” it stated.
“The BASL strongly, unequivocally and with no reservations whatsoever condemns the decision to take up for debate the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice Dr. Shirani A. Bandaranayake based on the findings of the Parliamentary Select Committee which was quashed by the Court of Appeal and determined to be unlawful by the Supreme Court,”. Susitha R. Fernando)
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