FR challenging RW’s Parliament seat dismissed
The Supreme Court has dismissed a fundamental rights petition filed seeking an order to invalidate the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as a Member of Parliament.
The decision was delivered today by a judge-bench comprising Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Shiran Gunaratne and Janak de Silva.
Announcing the decision, the bench noted that the petition was rejected by accepting the objections presented by the counsels who appeared for the respondent.
The petition had been filed by the General Secretary of ’Vinivida Peramuna’ and public interest litigator, Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodituwakku.
The petitioner had states that the fundamental rights of the people of the country have been violated by the appointment of United National Party (UNP) leader and Acting President Ranil Wickramasinghe as a National List Member of Parliament and requests the apex court to issue an order to nullify that appointment.