Bar Association would always remain independent, no party politics: New BASL President
Mr. Kaushalya Nawaratne assumed duties as the 27th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka today with Mr. Nalinda Indatissa PC as Deputy President, Mr. Isuru Balapabendi as Secretary, Mr. Chamath Jayasekara as Treasurer and Mr. Mehran Careem as Assistant Secretary for the year 2023/24.
BASL new President, Mr Nawaratne, addressing the gathering, pledged to the members of the Bar that the Association would always remain independent, uphold the Constitution and protect the rule of law.
“Any interference to the judiciary would have zero tolerance,” he said, adding that protecting the independence of the judiciary is important to democracy, and that the Bar would always defend human rights as set out in the Constitution in an endeavour to have a society with equal rights.
BASL President Kaushalya Nawaratne
Mr Nawaratne said that legal education should be revisited and opportunities should be created for young members of the Bar, including extending measures to raise legal education standards to be on par with global counterparts.
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