{"id":70656,"date":"2013-01-22T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T07:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=70656"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:16:57","slug":"united-kingdom-calls-on-gosl-to-safeguard-chief-justice-and-legal-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/united-kingdom-calls-on-gosl-to-safeguard-chief-justice-and-legal-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom Calls On GoSL To Safeguard Chief Justice And Legal Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>United Kingdom calls on Sri Lankan government to respect democratic principles and safeguard Chief Justice and legal profession.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Commenting on the impeachment the Chief Justice, a Foreign Office spokesperson said:<\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u201cThe British Government is deeply concerned by the impeachment proceedings against Sri Lanka\u2019s Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. We share the concerns already expressed by many people in Sri Lanka over both the process and related reports of the intimidation of members of the Sri Lankan Bar Association. The motion to impeach the Chief Justice runs contrary to the clear rulings of Sri Lanka\u2019s highest courts and the proceedings appear to contravene basic principles of fairness, due process and respect for the independence of the judiciary<\/em><em>and the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u201cTogether with our international partners, we call on the Sri Lankan Government to respect democratic principles and the right to peaceful protest and to ensure the continued safety of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":36520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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