Keheliya’s utterances betray those behind attack on JSC Secretary
(Lanka-e-News- 12.Oct.2012, 11.30AM) The announcement made by Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday (11) as Govt. Cabinet spokesman clearly betrayed who is the culprit behind the attack launched on the Judicial service commission (JSC) Secretary. He said , the media communiqué of the JSC Secretary on the 18th September that there are pressures being brought to bear on the judiciary is a wrong action taken . The Govt. is of the view that the JSC Secretary has no power to take such an action , and it is being discussed what measures should be taken in that regard. The Govt .’s attention is focused on what decision ought to be arrived at in respect of the Secretary, he added.
From these utterances it is very clear that the criminals who attacked the JSC Secretary recently while yelling out ‘you are the JSC Secretary’ have thought on the same lines as the Govt. Keheliya has impliedly given the answer to the question , on whose instructions these criminals attacked therefore. On the other hand , If Keheliya says that the JSC Secretary has no power to issue a communiqué to the public, from whom did Keheliya a Minister procure powers to take decisions in regard to the JSC Secretary? This is a vexatious issue.
Senior Lawyer J C Weliammuna had given a sound and solid answer to the stupid view of the Govt. that the JSC secretary has no such powers , when he spoke at the conference on ‘keep hands of judiciary’ on the 10th . He made it abundantly clear that if the Judiciary , Executive and the legislature are entertaining the belief that they are superior , nothing can be more foolish , for the supremacy is with the people as mentioned in section 3 of the constitution. Hence the sovereignty of the people cannot be divested . Some think the Executive has the right to monitor the judiciary , which is an absolutely wrong conception, Weliamuna asserted.
Weliamuna also stressed a very salient point : if the judiciary thinks that it should have the security attaching to the Executive, this is wrong because in that event the judiciary’s independence is eroded. The judiciary shall be secured by the people . The Executive and the legislature have methods for their security , but not for the judiciary. In a country where the sovereignty of the laws are non existent ,the security of the judiciary is in the hands of the people. This is precisely why the JSC Secretary issued a communiqué to the people revealing clearly that pressures are being exerted on the Judiciary, Welamuna elaborated.
He therefore made it very clear an independent judiciary ought to be secured by the people and the Lawyers.
In the circumstances , the view of Cabinet spokesman ,Minister Keheliya that the JSC Secretary has no powers to issue a communiqué is absolutely untenable , anti democratic and tantamount to kicking and trampling on the sovereignty of the people.
(Lanka-e-News- 12.Oct.2012, 11.30AM) The announcement made by Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday (11) as Govt. Cabinet spokesman clearly betrayed who is the culprit behind the attack launched on the Judicial service commission (JSC) Secretary. He said , the media communiqué of the JSC Secretary on the 18th September that there are pressures being brought to bear on the judiciary is a wrong action taken . The Govt. is of the view that the JSC Secretary has no power to take such an action , and it is being discussed what measures should be taken in that regard. The Govt .’s attention is focused on what decision ought to be arrived at in respect of the Secretary, he added.
From these utterances it is very clear that the criminals who attacked the JSC Secretary recently while yelling out ‘you are the JSC Secretary’ have thought on the same lines as the Govt. Keheliya has impliedly given the answer to the question , on whose instructions these criminals attacked therefore. On the other hand , If Keheliya says that the JSC Secretary has no power to issue a communiqué to the public, from whom did Keheliya a Minister procure powers to take decisions in regard to the JSC Secretary? This is a vexatious issue.
Senior Lawyer J C Weliammuna had given a sound and solid answer to the stupid view of the Govt. that the JSC secretary has no such powers , when he spoke at the conference on ‘keep hands of judiciary’ on the 10th . He made it abundantly clear that if the Judiciary , Executive and the legislature are entertaining the belief that they are superior , nothing can be more foolish , for the supremacy is with the people as mentioned in section 3 of the constitution. Hence the sovereignty of the people cannot be divested . Some think the Executive has the right to monitor the judiciary , which is an absolutely wrong conception, Weliamuna asserted.
Weliamuna also stressed a very salient point : if the judiciary thinks that it should have the security attaching to the Executive, this is wrong because in that event the judiciary’s independence is eroded. The judiciary shall be secured by the people . The Executive and the legislature have methods for their security , but not for the judiciary. In a country where the sovereignty of the laws are non existent ,the security of the judiciary is in the hands of the people. This is precisely why the JSC Secretary issued a communiqué to the people revealing clearly that pressures are being exerted on the Judiciary, Welamuna elaborated.
He therefore made it very clear an independent judiciary ought to be secured by the people and the Lawyers.
In the circumstances , the view of Cabinet spokesman ,Minister Keheliya that the JSC Secretary has no powers to issue a communiqué is absolutely untenable , anti democratic and tantamount to kicking and trampling on the sovereignty of the people.
