The Colombo District Court has extended the interim order preventing Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Sarathi Dushmantha as its General Secretary until September 24, 2024.
The extension was issued when the plaint filed by SLFP members Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna, and Duminda Dissanayake was taken up before the court today (29). The respondents were also instructed to file objections before September 24.
The defendants include the Acting Chairman of the SLFP, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
Meanwhile, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe stepped down from his post as Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs, and Constitutional Reforms today.
