The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe alleged political interference in law enforcement and the judiciary, claiming CID officers and other officials were acting politically and that judges were being transferred following certain rulings or custody orders. He specifically referred to incidents involving Mount Lavinia and Colombo courts, with part of his remarks expunged by the Chair, and accused the Government of interfering with judicial independence.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You are the end of it. CID officers did politics with the JVP. Other officials too. When judgments are given, you transfer judges. In Mount Lavinia...
¶ 02 [Expunged on the order of the Chair.]
¶ 03 They ordered to take someone into custody, and you transferred the judge. Now you want to transfer a judge from Colombo too—bring that judge here. You interfere with the judiciary—
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ·No. 23546 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19913