Restraining Order extended

Sandasen Marasinghe

COLOMBO: The Colombo District Court yesterday extended the enjoining order issued earlier restraining UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe preventing Mahinda Wijesekara from acting as the Matara District leader and UNP Working Committee Member.

Colombo District Court Judge Aruna C. Perera also fixed June 6 for hearing the plaint and ordered submissions be filed on June 6.

The Court made this order following the plaint filed by UNP Member of Parliament Mahinda Wijesekara citing UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and General Secretary N.V.K.K. Weragoda as the defendants.

Filing the plaint Wijesekara sought the Court to declare that he still was the Matara District Leader and held the membership of the UNP Working Committee.

Plaintiff stated that in a letter dated April 2, 2006, the UNP leader informed him that it was not necessary for him to act as the Chairman of the Matara District and as a member of the UNP Working Committee.

He also said it was not fair since no valid reason was not noted to do so. Further the letter did not say that he was removed or expelled from the said posts.

Wijesekara in his plaint prayed the Court to issue an order preventing Ranil Wickremesinghe or the UNP from removing him from acting as the Matara District leader and acting as a Member of the UNP Working Committee.