The writ quo warranto petition filed against the premiership of Mahinda Rajapaksa will be taken up before the Appeal Court today (Dec 03).
A hearing on the petition was held last Friday before a three member judge bench of the Court of Appeal.
The writ petition was filed by parliamentarians of the UNP including Ranil Wickremesinghe, the TNA, JVP and the SLMC claiming that Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot remain as Prime Mininster since he had not proven his majority in Parliament.
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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