CID Has Requested The Permission Of Parliamentary Speaker To Question MP Geetha Kumarasinghe On Her Dual Citizenship Status

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has requested the permission of Parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to Question the Galle District(In Southern Province)MP of United Peoples Freedom Alliance and former actress Geetha Kumarasinghe regarding the allegation leveled against her on holding Dual Citizenship in Sri Lanka and in Switzerland.

According to the Provisions of  newly implemented 19th Amendment Sri Lankan Citizens who possesses Dual Citizenship in an another country are not eligible to contest  in local elections.

MP Kumarasinghe who has been elected to Parliament from Galle District at the recently concluded General Elections for the first time would loose her parliamentary seat if she found guilty for the allegation leveled against her.However she had served as a  Provincial Council Member  of Southern Provincial Council prior to the General Election held in 17th of August this year.

Meanwhile Four Petitioners have filed a court case too against MP Kumarasinghe regarding the same
allegation .