Supreme Court has today(12) suspended the Court of Appeal's verdict to annul the MP Post of United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) MP Geetha Kumarasinghe until 15 th of May after considering an appeal filed by MP Kumarasinghe against the Appeals Court verdict. The three member judge panel comprising with Buwaneka Aluvihare,Anil Gunaratne and Priyantha Jayawardena met today at Supreme Court and issued a staying order to suspend the Appeals Court verdict.The Judge Panel has also decided to take up the appeal filed by MP Geetha Kumarasinghe on 15th of May.
Last week the Parliamentary Secretary Dammike Dissanayake has informed the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya that the MP Post of Geetha Kumarasinghe will be abolished after the Appeals Court verdict .
The Attorney General has informed the Appeals Court on 14th of March that the MP Kumarasinghe cannot hold the MP Post under the 19th Amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution as she holds dual citizenship in Switzerland and she has failed to revoke her citizenship there.
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