Constitutional Council recommends Jayantha Jayasuriya as new AG

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Feb 10, 2016
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The Constitutional Council has recommended Senior Additional Solicitor General Jayantha Jayasuriya to the post of new Attorney General post which has been left vacant following the retirement of Attorney General Yuwanjana Wanasundara last month.

Jayantha Jayasuriya PC joined the Attorney-General's Department in November 1983. He was sppointed as the Additional Solicitor-General in 2011.

He succeeds Yuvanjana Wijayatilake P.C who retired as AG on January 10. Under the 19th Amendment, the President makes the appointment subject to the approval of the Constitutional Council.