{"id":147892,"date":"2025-02-08T07:19:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147892"},"modified":"2025-02-08T07:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:19:41","slug":"basl-warns-against-political-interference-in-ags-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/02\/08\/basl-warns-against-political-interference-in-ags-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"BASL warns against political interference in AG\u2019s decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy The Morning<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themorning.lk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffirebasestorage.googleapis.com%2Fv0%2Fb%2Fthe-morning-39270.appspot.com%2Fo%2Farticles%252FVcaWFAddlPo9oomLRDdS%3Falt%3Dmedia%26token%3Dfff0b21e-1858-4e1b-8c0e-093ef92b5336&amp;w=3840&amp;q=80\" alt=\"BASL warns against political interference in AG\u2019s decisions\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised concerns over reports that the Cabinet may review the Attorney General\u2019s (AG) decision to discharge three suspects in the Lasantha Wickrematunge assassination case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the BASL stressed that while the AG is accountable to the public, his role is quasi-judicial, requiring decisions based on legal merit and admissible evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It warned that political interference could undermine the AG\u2019s independence and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BASL noted that the Supreme Court (SC) allows AG decisions to be reviewed through legal channels but not by political authorities. Quoting a past ruling, it emphasised the right to fair and competent investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urging the President to prevent undue interference, the BASL reiterated the need to protect key institutions to uphold justice in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy The Morning The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised concerns over reports that the Cabinet may review the Attorney General\u2019s (AG) decision to discharge three suspects in the Lasantha Wickrematunge assassination case. In a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the BASL stressed that while the AG is accountable to the public, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}