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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, April 2, 2019
AG’s office should function independently
- AG’s Office Ordinance has been introduced during the colonial period, it is appropriate to amend it now
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana -2 April 2019
UNP
MP Jayampathi Wickramaratne yesterday called for the amendment to the
law in order to ensure that Attorney General’s office functions as an
independent office.
Speaking during the committee stage debate on the budget in Parliament,
the MP said the AG’s office should be an independent institution. “The
AG’s Office Ordinance has been introduced during the colonial period. It
is appropriate to amend it now especially to introduce some amendments
to make it bound by the law to act independently,” Dr. Wickramaratne
said. The MP said an AG is expected to make independent decisions
whenever his advice is sort on certain matters. “President Maithripala
Sirisena sought the advice from AG on possibility of dissolving
Parliament during the political crisis popped up on October 26 last year
and he declined from advising. AG should have given his independent
opinion on this matter,” Dr. Wickramaratne said. “AG is not expected to
act as president’s attorney but only as an instructor.,” he added. Also
he cannot act as the respondent of the government.