Contempt of Court: Notice issued on Opposition Leader

Sandasen Marasinghe

COLOMBO: Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake yesterday issued notice on UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before Colombo District Court on September 18.

The Court issued the Notice based on a pleading that the content of Wickremesinghe’s affidavit produced before the District Court was false and his action was contempt of Court.

Plaintiffs former UNP Member of Parliament W.I. Anura Bastian and UNP Western Provincial Counsellor Anil Kumara Wijesinghe pleaded before the Court that the content of the affidavit produced by Wickremesinghe before the court in connection that their plaint was false and pleaded to issue notice on him.

The plaintiff filed the plaint against Wickremesinghe and Sri Lanka Freedom Party Mahajana Wing convenor Mangala Samaraweera on an earlier date.

Former UNP Member of Parliament W.I. Anura Bastian and UNP Western Provincial Counsellor Anil Kumara Wijesinghe filed the plaint challenging that the agreement defendants entered into on July 19, 2007 was a violation of UNP party Constitution and cited Wickremesinghe and Samaraweera as defendants.

Plaintiffs filing the plaint stated Wickremesinghe had entered into an agreement with the convenor of the SLFP Mahajana Wing without the approval of the Party Convention or the National Executive Committee on July 19, 2007 and it was a violation of the UNP Party Constitution.