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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 6.11 GMT |
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Independence of
judiciary essential for nation building -
President |
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It is
necessary
to
protect
the
independence
of the
judiciary,
to build
a nation
that
upholds
the rule
of law.
In our
country
we had a
glorious
past
which
protected
the rule
of law,
and with
the past
experiences
we are
committed
to
protect
its
autonomy
and
prestige,
said
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
after
laying
the
foundation
stone
for a
new
lawyer's
office
complex
at
Hulftsdorp,
Colombo,
yesterday
(2).
Three
decades
of
terrorism
in this
country
was a
threat
to the
legal
system.
While
the law
and
judiciary
were
functioning
in the
country
terrorists
were
exercising
their
own
judicial
system
in
another
part of
the
country,
the
President
said.
Under
these
circumstances
within
the past
30 years
the
writs,
warrants
and
convictions
issued
by the
courts
seemed
meaningless.
This was
because
the
power of
weapons
seems
more
powerful
than the
rule of
law, he
said.
Today no
one can
challenge
to the
independence
of the
judiciary.
Today
all
parts of
Sri
Lanka is
governed
by the
laws
pass by
the
Parliament,
and
practiced
in
courts.
Defeating
terrorism
established
the rule
of law
in all
parts of
the
country,
the
President
further
said.
President
Rajapaksa
stressed
that the
Government
has
taken
all
necessary
measures
to
protect
the
prestige
of the
practice
of law
and the
Government
has no
intention
to
interfere
with the
independence
of the
judiciary
at any
occasion.
President
further
noted
that for
a long
period
we were
having a
strong
judicial
system
which
can
solve
problems
without
any
foreign
interference
and
courts
in other
countries
are not
needed.
A
country
that
requires
efficiency
is now
rebuilding.
Efficiency
will
pave the
way to
win
respect
and
confidence
among
the
people,
he said.
Thus the
President
Rajapaksa
stressed
the need
for
efficiency
in the
judicial
system
and
other
related
institutions.
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