{"id":138742,"date":"2015-02-07T01:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=138742"},"modified":"2015-02-13T19:28:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T13:58:37","slug":"upul-js-appointment-as-boi-chairman-criticised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/upul-js-appointment-as-boi-chairman-criticised\/","title":{"rendered":"Upul J&#8217;s Appointment As BOI Chairman Criticised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Upul+Jayasuriya&amp;x=5&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Upul Jayasuriya<\/span><\/a> as the Chairman of the Board of Investments has been heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/yahapalanaya-uncloaked\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">criticised<\/span><\/a> by many who have pointed out that it could results in issues regarding conflict of interest while pointing out that the acceptance of the position by him, is unethical.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_138630\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Upul-Jayasuriya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138630\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-138630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Upul-Jayasuriya-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Upul Jayasuriya\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Upul-Jayasuriya-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Upul-Jayasuriya-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upul Jayasuriya<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jayasuriya who is the outgoing Chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bar+Association+of+Sri+Lanka&amp;x=8&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bar Association of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a>, was appointed as the BOI Chairman few days ago by President Maithripala Sirisena. However, this appointment has raised questions as concerns have arisen as to where his interests would lie since he is also a presently practicing senior commercial lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Jaysuriya was appointed as the BASL Chairman during the Rajapaksa regime, one of the most challenging periods for legal practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/basl-pleads-for-time-on-sirisena-giving-police-powers-to-armed-forces\/\"><strong>BASL Pleads For Time On Sirisena Giving Police Powers To Armed Forces<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":138630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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