Petition Filed Seeking to Halt CMC Polls in Supreme Court

The National People’s Party (Jathika Janatha Pakshaya) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the recent rejection of its nominations list for the Colombo Municipal Council and sought an interim order against holding elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) pending the court’s decision.

The petitioners state in their petition that the party’s nomination list for the Colombo Municipal Council was rejected by the Colombo Returning Officer citing that the attested copies were not submitted along with the nominations list, which was unlawful and therefore requests the court to issue a directive to the respondents to accept the rejected nominations list.

The petition has been filed by three candidates including the Secretary of the Party, President’s Counsel Srinath Perera, while the Chairman of the Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya is among the names listed as respondents.