INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and Attorney-at-Law Sudath Wickramaratne have filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition before the Supreme
Defence Secretary, the Inspector-General of Police and President of Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Pieris have been named as
respondents of this FR petition.On September 23, President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued a Gazette Extraordinary declaring several areas as
High-Security Zones in the Colombo District.The High-Security Zones declares within the Colombo District are as follows: Parliament Complex,
was published pursuant to Official Secrets Act, the petitioners pointed out that the President is not authorized to issue such order.The
petitioners, seeking a Supreme Court order ruling that the fundamental rights of the people have been violated by this gazette notification,
stated that the President have exceeded the powers vested in him by issuing this order.They also requested the Supreme Court to issue an
interim order preventing the implementation of the gazette notification in question until the conclusion of the hearing of the FR petition.
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