SLFP Files Writ Petition in Supreme Court Against Attanagalle SLPP Nomination List

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary and two others yesterday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a writ order to quash the nomination papers of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Janasetha Peramuna (JP) submitted in respect of the Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha. The petitioners alleged that the fifth respondent Harsha Lakmal Dayaratne is contesting from the SLPP in the Ranpokunagama ward in addition to contesting the Kahatovita ward from JP.

The petitioners stated that the fifth respondent has been actively involved in Attanagalla from both political parties and their political parties deceived the Election Commission and the public and have acted in a fraudulent manner in gross violation of Local Government Ordinance.

The petitioners further sought an interim order preventing candidates contesting for Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha from SLPP and JP from being declared elected as members of Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha until the final determination of the petition.