Large number of Lawyers go in procession. Some others to file action against Minister
(Lanka-e-News- 25.July.2012, 11.55 PM) Following the threats made to the Mannar Magistrate and the stoning of the courts by Minister Rishard Badurdeen , and when the Lawyers Association President Wijedasa Rajapakse slipped away from filing action against the Minister, a large number of Lawyers arrived in Colombo and staged a massive demonstration against the Govt.’s unlawful actions.
The Lawyers had two demands to make :
Immediately remove Minister Rishard Badurdeen the hooligan Minister from his Ministerial post ; and to enforce the law against him. About 500 Lawyers who assembled near the Aluthkade courts complex staged the protests carrying placards and shouting slogans , and then went in a procession.
Thereafter they held a meeting when Lawyers , C Weliamuna, Gunaratne Wanninayake, Upul Jayasooriya, Ratnavale and others addressed the meeting. They said , Minister Badurdeen who insulted the judiciary , trampled and kicked the rule of law and legal foundation should be taken into custody , and the laws duly enforced . The Govt . had not even condemned this action they lamented .
One of the slogans read ‘ after burning the courts the corrupt politician is fiddling’. Meanwhile , Wijedasa Rajapakse , the President of the Lawyers association who postponed the filing of legal action, along with Sanjaya Gamage , the secretary and its Executive committee members were to meet the President this afternoon , according to unofficial reports. Some of the Lawyers frowned on this as another conspiracy of MaRa .
The Lawyers had two demands to make :
Immediately remove Minister Rishard Badurdeen the hooligan Minister from his Ministerial post ; and to enforce the law against him. About 500 Lawyers who assembled near the Aluthkade courts complex staged the protests carrying placards and shouting slogans , and then went in a procession.
Thereafter they held a meeting when Lawyers , C Weliamuna, Gunaratne Wanninayake, Upul Jayasooriya, Ratnavale and others addressed the meeting. They said , Minister Badurdeen who insulted the judiciary , trampled and kicked the rule of law and legal foundation should be taken into custody , and the laws duly enforced . The Govt . had not even condemned this action they lamented .
One of the slogans read ‘ after burning the courts the corrupt politician is fiddling’. Meanwhile , Wijedasa Rajapakse , the President of the Lawyers association who postponed the filing of legal action, along with Sanjaya Gamage , the secretary and its Executive committee members were to meet the President this afternoon , according to unofficial reports. Some of the Lawyers frowned on this as another conspiracy of MaRa .
No matter what , another group of 8 Lawyers were getting ready to independently file action against the Minister under charges of contempt of court, These lawyers included PC Srinath Perera , Senior Lawyers Sunil Cooray ,Lal Wijenaike, Lawyer Chandrapala Kumarage PC Jeffrey Alagaratne, , senior Lawyer E C Peranda and Lawyer Ms. Nalini K Walitunge . They were in the process of finalizing this move.
The lawyers were disappointed over the lukewarm attitude of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who is himself a Lawyer , as the UNP had so far not even issued a notice condemning this action of the Minister . The UNP had even failed to propel at least the UNP Executive Committee member Wijedasa Rajapakse , the Lawyers Association President to move forward on this issue, the Lawyers stated with disillusionment.
