Sri Lanka Lawyer Group Concerned Over Intimidation of Judiciary
Lanka Business Online | Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) alleged that the current administration had transported people to a location near Sri Lanka’s parliament and state media had also carried programs critical of the judiciary after the verdict.
LfD said recent incidents ” 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 lawyers said. “The Judiciary is the only organ that has survived direct political interference.”
According to legal analysts Sri Lanka’s public service lost its independence through constitutions enacted in 1972 and 1978 that destroyed a once independent civil service commission, and the institution of permanent secretaries of government ministries.
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