The President’s office has defended the appointment of the Acting Attorney General and said there was no established practice in making the appointment.
The Secretary to the President, Saman Ekanayake has responded to the Secretary Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Chathura A. Galhena who had earlier called that the most senior officer of the Department of the Attorney General be appointed to the AG’s post.
Senior Additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe has been appointed as the Acting Attorney General.
In his response to the BASL, the President's Secretary has noted that there is no constitutional requirement to appoint the senior-most officer of the AG's Department to the position of AG based on the principal of seniority. The letter notes that the practice has not been followed historically in Sri Lanka. It points out that Sarath N. Silva was appointed AG while he was a member of the judiciary, while Mohan Peiris was appointed from the private bar on the approval of the Parliamentary Council.
The letter stresses that the BASL should not advocate the claims of a single person among qualified candidates for the post of Attorney General.
You can share this post!
Content
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Read this week’s Sunday Times for your interesting articles including the ’’5th Column.’’
The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
Leave Comments