Sri Lanka, Feb. 14 -- Clarification: Do not make CC a puppet of Executive: PC Upul Jayasuriya

The following quote of the front page article under the title "Do not make CC a puppet of Executive: PC Upul Jayasuriya," which was carried on Wednesday, February 14th Dailymirror print edition should be attributed to SJB leader Sajith Premadasa and it has been inadvertently attributed to Upul Jayasuriya PC, who is the head of the Samagi Lawyers Federation. We regret the error.

Former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Upul Jayasuriya PC said the President should not make the Constitutional Council a puppet of the executive but let it function independently on its own.

He said the President had made statements on several recent...