{"id":66516,"date":"2012-12-26T09:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T09:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=66516"},"modified":"2013-01-02T07:48:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T07:48:22","slug":"lawyers-deplore-false-propaganda-urge-ministers-to-conduct-with-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lawyers-deplore-false-propaganda-urge-ministers-to-conduct-with-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers Deplore False Propaganda: Urge Ministers To Conduct With Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It is with shock and dismay that we have observed an organized series of programmes in State electronic media targeting the Chief Justice, the Judiciary and leading lawyers who are challenging the Impeachment. We have particularly noted that Ministers Rajitha Senaratne,\u00a0\u00a0Wimal Weerawansa and well known hate campaigners Rajpal Abeynayaka and Hudson Samarasinghe –\u00a0 all\u00a0persons with vested interest in the impeachment process,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0are involved in these baseless propaganda programmes, with impunity.\u00a0\u00a0Ministers Rajitha Senaratne and Wimal Weerawansa were Government members of the Parliamentary Select\u00a0Committee (PSC), who have allegedly uttered derogatory remarks forcing the Chief Justice to leave the PSC. Now they disgracefully display their conduct\u00a0\u00a0in public .” says the\u00a0Lawyers Collective<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Issuing a statement they say; “Among the false accusations intended to mislead the public, they have stated that the Chief Justice has fixed the benches in the Court of Appeal. \u00a0It is common knowledge that the Chief Justice has no role to play in arranging any bench whatsoever in the Court of Appeal.\u00a0\u00a0Their insinuation that the Chief Justice<\/a><\/span> selected a bench to hear her case\u00a0is an insult to the dignity and integrity of the Judges of the country’s higher judiciary.”<\/p>\n

“These few Ministers and the State media\u00a0 falsely accuse that the Chief Justice has become an active politician and that the members of the Bar Association are conspirators. It is abundantly clear that these are not isolated attacks but meticulously orchestrated attacks coerced and carried out at the behest of highest in authority. These are clearly intended to pressurize the Chief Justice to summarily resign, because the Government is well aware that the entire impeachment process is irregular and the Chief Justice cannot be lawfully removed from office. We are confident that the Chief Justice will not succumb to pressure, now exerted at a higher pace through the Government\u2019s propaganda team.”<\/p>\n

“The contents of those programmes are malicious and contemptuous and all those who are involved in them are liable to be dealt with for contempt of court and civil defamation. We urge the Ministers concerned to conduct themselves with dignity and caution the public not to be misled by the false propaganda by these unruly and unethical elements, which are unable to justify the impeachment process, except to launch a massive malicious campaign to divert attention from the truth. We, as lawyers reiterate that as a body we will stand by the Chief Justice and would take all possible steps, within the law,\u00a0to defeat the impeachment.” the\u00a0Lawyers Collective further says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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