{"id":125566,"date":"2014-06-06T00:07:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=125566"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T10:31:52","slug":"bar-association-condemns-police-inaction-during-ruhuna-university-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bar-association-condemns-police-inaction-during-ruhuna-university-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Association Condemns Police Inaction During Ruhuna University Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Standing+Committee+of+the+Bar+Association+of+Sri+Lanka+on+Rule+of+Law&amp;x=7&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Standing Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka on Rule of Law<\/span><\/a> has today condemned the attitude adopted by the Police when students of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ruhuna+University&amp;x=5&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ruhuna University<\/span><\/a> were brutally assaulted by a mob led by the Deputy Minister Sanath Jayasuriya and some members of the Provincial Council.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125568\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sanath_Jayasuriya_589038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125568\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125568\" alt=\"Deputy Minister Sanath Jayasuriya \" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sanath_Jayasuriya_589038.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Minister Sanath Jayasuriya<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Issuing a statement the Standing Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka on Rule of Law said; &#8220;<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">This is another instant where the Police were mere spectators to the commission of crimes by politicians.\u00a0 It is a pathetic sight to watch such episodes over and over again.\u00a0 What these incidents show over and over again is the complete erosion of Rule of Law in our country.\u00a0 It is now clear that the politicians enjoy absolute immunity in respect of the commission of crimes against persons who do not agree with them.\u00a0 The dangerous aspect of it is the impunity with which these criminal acts are committed and the fact that the political leadership of our country as well as the law enforcement authorities has failed to at least show its concern regarding this development which makes it obvious that the political leadership is supportive of these acts.\u00a0 It is seen that the law enforcement authorities has neither the will nor power to do their duty.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These actions by politicians and the attitude of the police has made the provisions on fundamental rights of citizens guaranteed in the constitution meaningless.\u00a0 This will be our main focus at the \u2018Public Forums\u2019 that the Bar Association of Sri Lanka will be holding throughout the country to enlighten the people on the erosion of Rule of Law and the lack of accountability by the government.&#8221;\u00a0the Standing Committee further said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":125568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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