The Court of Appeal has today(03) announced that the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP and former local film star Geetha Kumarasinghe has not qualified to hold a MP Post in Sri Lanka as she holds dual citizenship in Sri Lanka and Switzerland.Court Of Appeal Judge Preethi Padman Surasena has announced the verdict this morning when the case against MP Kumarasinghe was taken into consideration.
According to the 19th Amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution no one who holds a dual citizenship can contest a local election or elect as a member of the Parliament and MP Geetha Kumarasinghe contested the recent local Parliamentary Election in 2015 for Galle District by holding a dual citizenship it has been reported.
Four voters in Galle District had filed a petition in Court Of Appeal in 2015 by challenging the MP Kumarasinghe's MP Post.
MP Kumarasinghe had been elected to the Parliament from Galle District in 2015 with 62,374 votes.According to the verdict she is in a position of loosing her Parliamentary seat.
However she has decided to file an appeal in Supreme Court against the verdict given by the Court Of Appeal against her it has been reported.
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