Sri Lanka Bar Association creates history today; Lawyers look to the future

Saturday, 30 March 2013 

The Bar Association announced the results of the Executive Committee elections of the Bar Association held today, a month after the election of Mr. Upul Jayasuriya as its President;

A. Deputy President: Prasanna Jayawardana (uncontested)

B. Treasurer: Upul Deshapriya

C. Executive Members Below 10 year (Madhbhashana Ariyadasa and Eraj de Silva)

D. Zonal Members from each Zone (all elected - One each from a Zone. This includes Lal Wijenayaka from Kanday and Ms. Abhimanasingham from Jaffna. Almost all elected from the Zones were opposed to the Impeachment.

E. Election of Six Members (the main elections) from the Delegates - 12 contested.

1. Srinath Perara (357 votes)

2. Dr. Sunil Cooray (330 votes)

3. Gunaratne Wanninayaka (322 votes)

4. Ajith Pathirana (317 votes)

5. Anura Meddegoda (253 votes)

6. K. S. Ratnavale (251 votes)

Please note that 5 of the above candidates and those who were elected uncontested today were in the forefront of the Lawyers Collective and the other candidate too was openly opposed to the Impeachment.

The Government supported three candidates (W. Dayaratne PC, Mahesh Katulanda and Prinsith Perera) but all of them lost the elections.

Secretary of the Bar Association will remain unchanged as there was no context last month.

We are awaiting the historic convocation today at 5.00 p.m. at Navarangahala.

Lawyers Collective

Lankan maid attempts suicide

SATURDAY, 30 MARCH 2013

A Sri Lankan housemaid tried to commit suicide inside her sponsor’s house at Mangaf after taking an unspecified quantity of medicine.

The Kuwaiti woman sponsor was surprised when she went to the maid’s room and found her unconscious on the floor. The sponsor notified the Operations Room and a team of rescue men rushed to the scene. The maid was referred to Adan Hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Initial investigations revealed the maid was facing a domestic problem in her country and had been given a sum of money to be sent to her children by the sponsor. A case was registered against the maid.(Arab Times)