Courtesy The Daily Mirror

The Legal Officer’s Association of the Attorney General’s Department firmly asserted that the Attorney General and officials involved in the relevant decision-making process have exercised their independent professional judgment in line with the esteemed traditions of the Attorney General’s Department regarding recent recommendations to discharge the three suspects in a case.  

The Association unequivocally declares that it will not hesitate to defend the Attorney General against any attempts to remove him from office.  
Acting Secretary of the Legal Officers’ Association Tashya Gajanayake issuing a statement also stated:  
The Legal Officers’ Association of the Attorney General’s Department expressed its deep concern over certain recent factually incorrect and misleading statements circulating in the media relating to the advice dated 27th January 2025 issued by the Hon. Attorney General.   The Association notes that the relevant procedures and practices in the Attorney General’s Department have been strictly complied with in the matters relating to the said advice. The relevant officers concerned had considered all the material facts and the law and had duly made their recommendations to discharge the three suspects who were the subject matter of the said advice. The Hon. Attorney General, after considering the same had agreed with the recommendations and thereafter proceeded to issue the relevant advice.   Taking decisions to forward indictments and discharge suspects, based on the material available, with dispassionate disregard to the political repercussions or public approval or disapproval of such decisions, is the hallmark of an independent Attorney General’s Department.   The Association expresses its utmost confidence in the Hon. Attorney General, his decisions and in the officers involved in the relevant decision making process, and notes that they have done so exercising their independent professional judgment in accordance with the highest traditions of the Attorney General’s Department.   The Legal Officer’s Association emphatically wishes to state that they would not be hesitant to stand up and defeat any attempt to remove the Hon. Attorney General from his office.”