{"id":218820,"date":"2021-05-07T03:07:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=218820"},"modified":"2021-05-07T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:30:57","slug":"lawyers-slam-disgraceful-conduct-by-additional-magistrate-after-she-lambasts-honking-protestor-in-open-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lawyers-slam-disgraceful-conduct-by-additional-magistrate-after-she-lambasts-honking-protestor-in-open-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers Slam \u201cDisgraceful\u201d Conduct By Additional Magistrate After She Lambasts \u201cHonking Protestor\u201d In Open Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya shocked a court-room on April 30th when she pitched into the 31-year old \u2018leader\u2019 of the honking protest against a road closure in Colombo for the purposes of a VVIP movement last Tuesday (27).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t try to be macho,\u201d Additional Magistrate Jayasuriya chastised the arrested protestor. \u201cJust behaving like lunatics at every turn,\u201d she added.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-218648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arrests-Man-For-Organizing-Honking-Protest-At-Chinese-Defence-Ministers-Motorcade.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the arrested man\u2019s lawyers informed the court that he had recently returned from studying in Australia. The lawyers told the court that even when the Australian Prime Minister travels, these kinds of road restrictions were not imposed.<\/p>\n<p>To which the Additional Magistrate retorted: \u201cThat is in Australia. This is Sri Lanka. If you do not love this country don\u2019t come back. Stay in Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was clear the Magistrate had already made up her mind that the citizen arrested for carrying out a <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">l<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-right-to-noisy-protest\/\">egitimate, constitutionally protected <\/a><\/span>protest against the rulers of the day, was a criminal, observers in court pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Magistrate Jayasuriya asked the young man if he was willing to apologize. She then blamed him for the incident and ordered his bail. The man concerned walked out of court and <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rzPBCgi0L4Y\">tendered an apology<\/a><\/span> to the government and the police.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The remarks by Additional Magistrate Jayasuriya, observers said, was unprecedented coming from the judge who must adjudicate on the matter brought before her by the CID and defended by counsel for the protestor. It is unheard of for a magistrate to make her views on the incident so clearly known in open court and raise questions about her objectivity, legal experts explained. Lawyers present in court, speaking confidentially to Colombo Telegraph, referred to the Additional Magistrate\u2019s conduct as \u201cdisgraceful\u201d behaviour from a member of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The VVIP convoy was eventually revealed to be the motorcade of the visiting Chinese Defence Minister. Video of the honking protest went viral within 24 hours as public anger mounts over Government corruption, mismanagement and a soaring cost of living. The man, instigating other motorists to honk in protest, is heard asking police officers barricading the road: \u201cIs this what we voted for?\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-218820-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Honking-protest-April-28.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Honking-protest-April-28.mp4\">https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Honking-protest-April-28.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Police <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mad-king-nandasena-arrests-man-for-organizing-honking-protest-at-chinese-defence-ministers-motorcade\/\">arrested<\/a><\/span> the young man who lives in Battaramulla two days later. Lawyers argued that under the constitution, the 31 year old citizen had committed no crime that should have led to his arrest. He did not hinder police personnel or instigate violence. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled that noisy protest &#8211; by beating drums or clanging saucepans &#8211; is a legitimate exercise of the citizens\u2019 fundamental right to free expression.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers are urging the Judicial Service Commission to take action against Additional Magistrate Jayasuriya over her conduct in court on April 30th. The JSC circulars clearly stipulate that judges should refrain from making public statements irrelevant to a case that could damage the dignity of the judiciary or cast aspersions upon its independence.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the Supreme Court first ruled on the matter of noisy protest in 1993, in the famous <i>Jana Gosha<\/i> case. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the current Prime Minister was the chief organizer of Jana Gosha in 1992, when the opposition urged the people to make noise in protest of the then UNP Government.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Janagosha-Sri-Lanka-Mahinda-Rajapaksa-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Janagosha-Sri-Lanka-Mahinda-Rajapaksa-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Janagosha-Sri-Lanka-Mahinda-Rajapaksa-1.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Janagosha-Sri-Lanka-Mahinda-Rajapaksa-1-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of Rajapakse blowing a horn during the protest were widely circulated via social media after last week\u2019s honking incident. 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