Lawyers Association unanimously supports action against Minister –Temple Trees lawyer clueless

(Lanka-e-News-29.July.2012, 5.30PM) The SL Lawyers association general Council yesterday (28) decided unanimously to become a party to the petition filed by 8 senior Lawyers on grounds of contempt of court in the appeal court against Minister Rishard Badurdeen for threatening the Mannar judge and instigating a stoning attack on the courts.

A few days ago , the Lawyers association Executive Committee decided to sue the Minister , but that was stalled because Wijedasa Rajapakse M .P., its President postponed that action. Later he said , he would act in accordance with the decision of the Lawyers Association general Council that met on the 28th.

Meanwhile a group of senior lawyers filed action independently in the appeal court. The appeal court judge who heard this petition ordered the Minister to appear in court on the 5th of September and show cause as to why he should not be punished.

The Lawyers Association general council decided on the 28th that they should also become a party to the petition. Following a group of Lawyers having an exchange of views with the Lawyer Sepala Ratnayake PC from the Temple trees , they proposed that since some Lawyers have already filed an action in the appeal court , the Association shall remain silent on this. To this all the other Lawyers raised opposition and vociferously insisted that they should not only support this action filed but also compel the Attorney General (AG) to take action against the Minister under section 111 of the constitution. By the way , Sepala Ratnayake is the Lawyer who gives legal advice for white Van abductions and murders.
This was revealed in an article posted by LeN on the 15th of May , entitled ‘ MaRa’s Lawyer who hides the white van murderers exposed’

The Lawyers Association general council, later on passed an unanimous resolution at its meeting to compel the AG under section 111 to enforce the law against those who attacked the Mannar courts and those who resorted to duress to intimidate the judiciary.

At all events , it was significant to note that when the Lawyers of the Association at the meeting unanimously agreed to these resolutions , the Lawyer from Temple Trees was dumbfounded .
Meanwhile the Lawyers who came from the North stated that they are prepared to stage the strike until the Association sees to it that the Minister is taken into custody.

At yesterday’s (28) meeting of the general council of the SL Lawyers association a representative from every Branch Association of Lawyers across the whole Island attended.

At the same time , the Magistrates’ association which met yesterday (28) , unanimously decided to support the forward march of the campaign that is now launched to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and restore the hallowed judicial traditions.