IBA team to visit Sri Lanka

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, AUG. 27. The International Bar Association (IBA), having its headquarters in London, has decided to send a three- member delegation to Sri Lanka in the backdrop of the constitutional crisis there. The delegation will visit the island nation between August 29 and 31.

The former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Kerala High Courts, Mr. Justice V.S. Malimath, who is leading the delegation, told The Hindu that the team is being sent to assess the implication of the proposed referendum in Sri Lanka to have a new constitution, as announced by the President Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga.

The IBA team also includes Lord Brennan, former Chairman of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales, and Mr. Mah Weng Kwai, Chairman of Bar Council of Malaysia. The delegation is expected to hold discussions on the implications of the presidential action with Sri Lanka's Minister for External Affairs, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Constitutional Affairs, the Chief Justice, leading members of the judiciary and the Bar, and if possible, with Ms. Kumaratunga herself.

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