A Petition Filed at Colombo District Court To Restore Chairmanship & Membership to Mahinda & Themselves Respectively

Two former All-Island Central Committee members of the SLFP, Aruna Priyashantha and Asanka Srinath, have filed a petition at Colombo District Court demanding the reinstatement of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Chairman of the party.

 As  Maithripala Sirisena contested the 2015 Presidential Election under the ticket of another party  after leaving the SLFP,  he cannot be named the Chairman of the party.

The petitioners also demand that their membership of the SLFP All-Island CC be restored.

They have named SLFP General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake and former General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa as respondents in the petition. Their lawyers today said that the petition has no grounds to proceed.

Hearing of this case is  fixed on  20^th February 2017.