The Colombo District Court yesterday issued an injunction order preventing the decision taken by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to remove its former General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara from acting and interfering in his position as the Secretary General and removing his party membership.
Colombo Additional District Judge Aruna Wickremasinghe issued this order after considering a petition filed by Dayasiri Jayasekara regarding the removal of his party membership.
The petition cited former President Maithripala Sirisena and SLFP Acting General Secretary Sarath Ekanayake as the respondents in the petition.
The petition says that former President Maithripala Sirisena informed him by e-mail that he was cancelling his party membership.
The petitioner also stated that the first respondent Maithripala Sirisena is a person who acts arbitrarily and unlawfully and it is clear from the judgement of the Court of Appeal regarding the case of the removal of President Ranil Wickremesinghe who was the Prime Minister in 2018, contrary to the Constitution and the appointment of Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was in the opposition as Prime Minister.
Dayasiri Jayasekara has also filed a petition before the Supreme Court on September 8, 2023, seeking an order preventing the action in accordance with the letter sent to the Election Commission stating that his party membership has been temporarily suspended and his work as Sri Lanka Freedom Party Secretary has been suspended.
The petition was filed through S.B.Dissanayake Associates and President’s Counsels Ikram Mohammed and Jagath Wickramanayake with Attorneys Venura Jayawardene, Samadhi Gamlath appeared on behalf of petitioner.The petition will be taken up again on August 2.
Dilshan Tharaka
