Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called the government to hold local and provincial elections immediately.
Mr Rajapaksa addressing the ‘Joint opposition’ May Day celebrations at the Galle Face green said that the large crowds which gathered at the venue was a clear signal that they could face elections successfully.
‘We accepted your challenge to fill the Galle Face Green with people. Now it is time to accept our challenge to hold elections’, he said.
‘I am sure they will now fear to hold elections’, he said.
Mr Rajapaksa said that not only the Galle Face green was filled up with people, but some others could not stay at the venue as it was overcrowded.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
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Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
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