Wimal Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Front accused of using a passport that had expired has been acquitted of the charges by the Negombo Magistrate’s court today.
Weerawansa’s lawyers told courts that he had accidently brought an old passport to the Airport while trying to travel overseas in 2015.
They said he had lost the particular passport and found it only later after he had taken a new passport. He had accidentally brought the old passport to the airport.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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