Supreme Court Has Dismissed The Petition Filed By Communist Party General Secretary Against Nominating Defeated Candidates As National List MP's

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has today(08) dismissed the petition filed by general secretary of Sri Lanka's  Communist Party D.E.W Gunasekera against nominating defeated candidates as United Peoples Freedom Alliance's (UPFA) national list MP'S.

By giving the verdict the three judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice K.Sripavan has informed the petitioner that there's no legality to hear the petition as the Speaker of the Parliament has given his approval for the UPFA's  National List MP's.

UPFA headed by President Maithripala Sirisena had nominated several defeated party candidates of the recently concluded Parliamentary Election as National List MP'S of the party.