Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 -- President's Counsel Rienzie Arseculeratne, the present Deputy President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), will come forward for the office of President of the Association for the year 2027/28. He has consented to do so at the request of a large number of senior and junior members of the Bar.

The term of the incumbent President, Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya, who was re-elected uncontested for 2026/27, concludes in 2027.

Members who urged Arseculeratne to contest point to a career that spans both sides of the courtroom: nearly three decades as a prosecutor and senior Law Officer of the State, followed by over two decades at the unofficial Bar. They say that breadth of experience, together with his re...