Srilanka, Feb. 10 -- Last week's events-AG's advice to drop charges against three suspects in the Lasantha murder case, protests outside his office, and the President summoning him-raised critical questions about his autonomy and independence.
Justice Mark Fernando once said, "What is required are Just Persons. Not Just Constitutions, Just Laws or Just Institutions. Right persons and not institutions, because Paradise even on earth is not a physical place of material development, but a set of values: fairness, tolerance, non-discrimination and so on. A Nirvana in which people are liberated from craving and evil."
The AG is usually a senior advocate with experience in constitutional and criminal law. The office is independent of executive ...