The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said a Cabinet Paper is being submitted to appoint a committee to establish an independent Prosecutor’s Office, guided initially by Justice Yasantha Kodagoda. He stated that the policy direction is to decentralize prosecutions to the provinces, with possible new recruitments and legal amendments to be considered by experts. He also said the Government Analyst’s Department may be decentralized to reduce administrative delays, emphasizing that professional expertise should guide justice-sector reforms.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Yes, thank you. We had an initial discussion with His Lordship Justice Yasantha Kodagoda guiding us. We are submitting a Cabinet Paper to appoint a committee to establish an independent Prosecutor’s Office. This is a serious shift from tradition. I will not pre-empt the committee—there will be new recruitments and legal changes—but our policy vision is to decentralize prosecution to provinces.
¶ 02 We are also considering decentralizing the Government Analyst’s Department to provinces to reduce administrative delays. Ultimately, we will leave it to the experts. The justice system malfunctions when politicians without subject knowledge make decisions. Let professionals handle it.
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