The Sri Lanka Judicial Service Association has issued a letter to the Judicial Service Commission informing them that unnecessary conflict between the judiciary and the legislature should be avoided.
The letter in question states that the Judicial Service Union is paying close attention to whether the Parliamentary Privileges Act is being misused to create an unnecessary conflict between the judiciary and the legislature, based on an interim order issued by the Supreme Court in a fundamental rights case recently.
The Executive Committee of the Judicial Services Association, which met on the 18th, discussed the issue in depth and decided to take all necessary measures to prevent a legal crisis between the judiciary and the legislature, and accordingly decided that the Judicial Service Commission should be informed about it first.
It is further stated in the letter that there should be balanced system maintained between the three main institutions that exercise the sovereign powers of the people namely the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
It is the belief of the Judicial Services Association that if the judges are called before a parliamentary privilege committee in relation to that incident, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary will be broken and the next inevitable result will be a breakdown of the state machinery.
It is also understood in the letter sent by the Judicial Service Union to the Judicial Service Commission that it will not hesitate to take all necessary measures against anyone who exerts pressure on the administration of justice.