INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Businessman Dhammika Perera has undertaken not to take oath as a Member of Parliament or Minister until the Supreme Court decides whether or
not to grant leave to proceed with the petitions filed before courts against his appointment as an MP.The fundamental rights petitions filed
against the appointment of Dhammika Perera as a Member of Parliament were taken up by a three-judge bench comprising Justices Priyantha
Jayawardena, Yasantha Kodagoda and Arjuna Obeysekera today (Jan
and organisation including the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director filed a fundamental rights (FR) application
challenging the appointment of Dhammika Perera to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former Minister Basil Rajapaksa, as a
Member of Parliament elected under Article 99A of the Constitution (the National List).
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