Srilanka, July 30 -- The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Church in Sri Lanka) has expressed concern and disappointment over the Cabinet decision to proceed with a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the retirement age of judges of the appellate courts.



In a statement, the Church of Ceylon said it had hoped that the President and the Cabinet would listen to the powerful arguments of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), the wider legal community and civil society that pointed to the serious dangers of such an amendment undermining the Rule of Law and public confidence in the independence and impartiality of the Judiciary.



The Church stated that the government's attempts at justifying the amendment, citing the need for a speed...