President’s Counsel Saliya Peiris was elected as the new President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka for the new year with a majority of 2355 votes in a poll held today at 86 centers islandwide to elect the 26th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Opposition leader Guevara de Zoysa received about 2,807 votes. Mr. Saliya Peiris got 5165 votes.