The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara said he would table, either that day or by Friday, the order or directive he claimed related to the arrest of Mahinda Jayasinghe and others. He also questioned the transfer of a Magistrate who, he said, had not requested a transfer and had no stated reason for it, arguing that such transfers raise concerns of injustice and possible improper motives.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, the challenge to me is to produce an order that there is a directive to arrest Mahinda Jayasinghe and others. I was asked to show that. I will present it. If it is in my hand in 5 or 10 minutes, I will table it today itself. Otherwise, I will have it by Friday, as I will be away tomorrow.
¶ 02 Another point: generally a Magistrate serves about three years in one court. This Magistrate has been transferred without her request or any other reason. We have seen such things happening repeatedly. That is why we are led to believe she was transferred for that reason. My responsibility is to show the order relating to arrest. I was asked to present that; I will do so without fail. No issue about that. But more broadly I said there are grave injustices in these transfers, and that remains so.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 24 September 2025 ·No. 1759815459006615 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 24 September 2025. No. 1759815459006615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20913