The Hon. R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
Hon. R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara called for improved salaries, housing, and working conditions for judicial officers, noting that District Court judges earn about Rs. 450,000. He opposed political influence over appointments, promotions, and transfers in the judiciary, and accused the government of interfering with judicial independence.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please give me one more minute.
¶ 02 Officials of the judiciary and judges should be given good salaries so they can protect their social standing. What should not be done is to make political appointments, to promote those who deliver decisions the government wants, and to transfer those who do not decide as the government desires. At present, District Court level judges in the judiciary receive only about Rs. 450,000 as salary. Increase that. That alone is not enough. Many lack official housing and face other difficulties. We ask that problems in the judicial sector be addressed. However, this government is doing what no one in this country has done before: it is interfering with the judiciary. We express our opposition to that.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 September 2025. No. 1759815459006615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20871