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The Rajpal Abeynayake COLUMN
‘PROCESS’ HITS THEM YEARS LATER!
The reaction of Sri Lankan civil society to the
current impeachment process underway shows one thing --- there is
nothing civil about the calculations these people make with an eye
on the bottom line.
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The Lotus Heart
If there is a will…
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A question of justice
In a democratic society the task of protecting
and maintaining the independence of the judiciary does not depend
entirely on the state. It is also the duty of the courts to act in a
manner to uphold the independence of the judiciary. There are
certain roles and rules that the judiciary -- and this extends to
the lawyers at the bar too -- must uphold to protect and maintain
the independence of the judiciary, primarily to win the confidence
of the community without being a pawn in the hands of manipulators
-- i.e., the state, kalu koat kelum-karayas who pervert the legal
system from within, and even judges who play games of their own to
achieve partisan political agendas, personal gains, or ego-centric
glory,
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