Neomal Perera expulsion case:

Enjoining order further extended

Sandasen MARASINGHE

Colombo District Judge Sampath Wijeratne on Wednesday extended the enjoining order issued on an earlier date restraining United National Party from suspending the party membership of Deputy Fisheries Minister Neomal Perera from the UNP. The Court extended the order till July 16.

The Court further ordered to that objections and answers be filed before the District Court on July 16. The Court also extended the order that restrained United National Party and its General Secretary Tissa Attanayake from taking actions to suspend Deputy Minister Neomal Perera from sitting in parliament by informing the Secretary General of the Parliament based on the same suspension from the party membership of the UNP. The Court issued the orders after Neomal Perera filed a petition before the Court alleging that the defendants of this plaint had no right to take a decision to suspend his party membership from the UNP as informed to him by a letter dated May 28, 2009.

The plaintiff stated that Attanayake asked him through a letter to show cause before June 15 not to suspend his party membership from the UNP. The UNP alleged that it learnt Neomal Perera had accepted the post of Sri Lanka Freedom Party organizer for Chilaw.

The Deputy Minister cited the UNP, its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, General Secretary Tissa Attanayake and 89 others as the defendants.

Attorney-at-Law Ali Sabri appeared for the plaintiff instructed by Athula de Silva.