Can’t descend that low like the MaRa-adhikarmaya : CJ and JSC issue notice
 (Lanka-e-News 21.Sep.2012, 8.30PM) The SL sacrosanct judiciary did a 180 degree turnabout following the incidents where threats were posed by the SL Govt. Minister Badurdeen to the Mannar court judge; stoning of the courts and the pressures exerted on the Secretary of the JSC (Judicial service Commission ) to get the threatened judge transferred . The realization has now dawned on the judges that if they without becoming a part of the MaRa ‘s Kangaroo court , and if they do not maintain the independence of the judiciary , the day is not far off when the Temple Trees lavatory coolies will come out not only to sit but even shit on the heads of the judges.

In the circumstances , the judges lately rallied together to give judgments that are most humane, most just and independent . One such judgment was that delivered pertaining to the Divineguma Act. It was decided that if not authorized at the Provincial Council level , it is illegal. It was very evident that this constituted deadly poison to the MaRa regime based on the response shown by the MaRa team in Parliament on the day the Speaker announced it. Priority was given by them to the anti judiciary slogans and placards.

Those who were most conspicuous by this attitude against the courts were Basil Rajapakse the notorious illicit Commission Kingpin , Bandula Gonawardena the Buffalo Minister who had made a hash of the SL education sector on an unprecedented scale , and the MaRaadhikarma barbaric leaders. 

Since of late it is the judiciary that has become the target of vicious and vengeful attacks .

The bootlicking State media on the one hand and a foul mouthed Hudson Silva ( better known as Mud-son Silva) on the other makes the whole country stink every morning with the stench that emanates from his mouth by his venomous harangues over the State Broadcasting service. It is unfortunate that he whose eye is squint in this life does not realize by giving his stinking mouth full unbridled freedom he is eager to get his tongue also cursed with an eternal life of not only squint eyes but also a twisted tongue as retribution.

Meanwhile the JSC suspended fudge of a judge Aravinda Perera from his official post and stripped him of his professional cloak . He is connected with the Nil Balakaya of synthetic Lawyer Namal . This JSC action was like pouring burning petrol on these serpents , cheats and their sidekicks. The fudge of a judge Aravinda is a notorious fraudster who had earned the disrepute as an island wide swindler who has borrowed and defaulted on countless occasions. In the CRIB , his name is mentioned over 15 times as a loan defaulter. But the father , Siri Perera of this super grade fraud Aravinda Perera ( bosom pal of Namal) is a super grade friend of MaRa. The regime therefore has strong motive to change the verdict against Aravinda. To the consternation of MaRa , the request made to the JSC to come to the Temple Trees to discuss this subject with him , leaked out like the saliva spit out early morning. 
The Chief Justice and the Commission had concluded that in the present context what is important and imperative for SL is, no longer a MaRa kangaroo court , but rather an independent judiciary. Owing to this forthright and firm stance taken by the judiciary , the pressures exerted and the hostility harbored against the judiciary by the MaRa-adhikarmaya and supporters had been intensified. 

Consequent upon this , the JSC Secretary Manjula Thilakawardena has issued a notification for the general information of the public. In this communiqué it is clear it urges that if there are people in SL who show deference to justice and laws even infinitesimally , the time has come for them to awake .
The full text of the Sinhal communiqué of the Secretary is in below

Meanwhile Lawyers for Democracy issues the statement on today 

LfD demands Government to respect the Judiciary
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LfD is disturbed by the emerging evidence of coordinated moves to undermine the independence of judiciary in Sri Lanka. The Statement issued by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on 16thSeptember 2012 clearly indicates that there are various attempts to interfere with the affairs of the Judicial Services Commission. 
After the recent determination made by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on a Bill titled “Divinaguma” political leadership of the government has expressed its dissatisfaction over the decisions made by the Supreme Court. For example, the government has organized a public demonstration, where people were transported at public expenditure into a close location near the Parliament to criticize the Supreme Court determination. Recently, several programmes in the state media carried vicious and malicious programmes critical of the judiciary. 

LfD sees this trend as a clear move by the government to intimidate the judiciary and undermine the Rule of Law and an attempt to make the judges vulnerable for governmental pressure. All public institutions are totally politicized and are at the disposal of the regime. The Judiciary is the only organ that has survived direct political interference. Therefore we urge the President and the government to respect the independence of the judiciary and take all possible steps to stop direct and indirect intimidation and incitements against the judiciary. LfD also urges the Government to ensure the State media will respect basic decency in journalistic ethics in their references to judiciary and judges. While expressing solidarity with the JSC, we remind the public that in any civilized society all individuals and institutions should respect the judiciary as the ultimate arbiter of all disputes between the State and the citizens. 

Sgd/ Lal Wijenayaka 
Attorney-at-Law 
Convener LFD