Seven Additional Solicitor Generals appointed as President’s Counsels

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed seven Additional Solicitor Generals of the Attorney General's Department as President's Counsels (PCs)

Pursuant to Article 33 (e) of the Constitution, the President is empowered to appoint Attorneys-at-Law who have reached eminence in the profession and have maintained high standards of conduct and professional rectitude, as PC.

Accordingly, Additional Solicitor Generals Milinda Gunetilleke, Harippriya Jayasundara, Vikum de Abrew, Shanaka Wijesinghe, Raveendra Pathiranage, Nerin Pulle and Chethiya Goonesekere have been appointed as PCs.

The new PCs are due to be sworn in, and the Director-General of Legal Affairs of the Presidential Secretariat, Attorney-at-Law Harigupta Rohanadeera, yesterday handed over the relevant appointments to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.