People in search of justice View(s):When the UNP joined hands with some other parties and civil society organisations to propel Maithripala Sirisena as the “common candidate” to eject the incumbent president from his powerful perch, it was at a price. After all it would not be the first time that the AG’s department has been accused of legal inactivity. Even those who do not claim to be knowledgeable in the law are aware of the oft quoted saying that justice delayed is justice denied. Then at the tail end of December 2011 the then Justice Minister told parliament that the contempt law was being drafted and it would be presented to parliament very shortly. While in many countries in the world there is a code of conduct for judges, Sri Lanka’s dispensers of justice find that they do not need it.

Source: Sunday Times August 04, 2018 19:30 UTC