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SJB calls on President to appoint new AG without further delay
… asks why Solicitor General not promoted to that post
The SJB on Saturday called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint an Attorney General immediately.Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s office in Colombo, MP Chandima Weerakkody said that there were serious issues pertaining to additional solicitor generals and other attorneys-at-law of the Department of Attorney General appearing for cases countrywide while there was no Attorney General at office. “We have seen this issue on Friday in many courts.
These counsellors appear on behalf of the Attorney General. The question arises whether they could do so while there is no Attorney General at office. There is a question on prosecutions being done in the name of the Attorney General while there is literally no Attorney General,” Weerakkody, who is also an Attorney-at-Law said, adding that not even an Acting Attorney General has been named by the President.
He said that when the Attorney General post fell vacant, the Solicitor General was traditionally promoted to that office. “The incumbent Solicitor General Ayesha Jinasena has all the qualifications and an impeccable service record. The President should have at least named her as the Acting Attorney General because since last Friday, there has been no Attorney General in this country. There would be serious issues pertaining to the cases being heard in courts,” Weerakkody said.
He said that the President had tried to give a service extension to former Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam, whose term ended last Thursday. “The Constitutional Council rejected the President’s nomination twice. Now, the office of Attorney General is vacant. This amounts to a breach of Constitutional provisions, too. The President himself is an Attorney-at-Law and he knows that this is wrong. We demand that this matter be solved immediately,” Weerakkody said.
The National Peoples Power [NPP] has won the Weligama Urban Council securing 9 seats. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] and Independent group 1 have secured three seats each, Independent group 2 has secured two seats, the United National Party [UNP] and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [SLPP] have won one seat each in the 19 member council
The National Peoples Power [NPP] has secured all 20 wards in the Kesbewa Urban Council. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] has secured five seats, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [SLPP] has secured 3 seats, Independent group 2 has secured two seats, the United National Party [UNP], the National Freedom Front, PeoplesAlliance and Sarvajana Balaya [SB] have secured a seat each in the 34 member council.
The All Ceylon Tamil Congress [ACTC] has won the Valvettithurai Urban Council securing seven seats. The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [ITAK] has secured 5 seats while the National Peoples Power [NPP] has secured 3 seats and the Eelam People’s Democratic Party has secure a seat in the 16 member council.
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