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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Police Fired Tear Gas And Water Cannons To Disperse A University Students Protest March

Riot Police have fired tear gas and

water cannons to disperse a group of University Students protesters belonging to Inter University Students Federation marched towards the Presidential Secretariet in Colombo Fort near the Lotus Roundabout this evening (04 ).

Around 2500 University students had been participated in the protest March which begun Infront of University of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo this noon by demanding to suspend the class suspension imposed on a group of students in Rajarata and South Eastern Universities .

Entry road to Galle Face had been closed from Lotus Roundabout due to the Protest march and as a result heavy traffic had been reported in and around Colombo Fort and Town Hall according to reports .

UPFA MP Group (Former Minority Government MP 's)To Boycott Tomorrow's Parliament

The Group of Parliamentarians

representing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) headed by President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to boycott tomorrow's Parliamentary proceedings as well according to UPFA MP Dinesh Gunawardana .

This decision has been taken as the Parliament meets against the Parliamentary traditions MP Gunawardana Has stressed.

The Parliament which convenes against Parliamentary traditions, Standing orders and Constitution has no validity he has stated.

Earlier it has been revealed the former minority government group is scheduled to be participated in tomorrow's Parliament meeting .

Parliament is due to meet tomorrow (05)at 10 a.m..

MP Mahinda Rajapakshe And Four Of His Former Ministers Filed Appeals Against Interim.Order

Kurunagala District MP Mahinda

Rajapakshe and four of his former appointed Ministers Chamal Rajapakshe ,Johnston Fernando ,Dinesh Gunawardana and Wijedasa Rajapakshe have today (04 ) filed two appeals in Supreme Court separately ,requesting to issue an interim order to prevent the implementation of the interim order issued by Court of Appeal against them yesterday (03).

The appeal petitions had requested the Supreme Court to make the Court of Appeal s interim order issued yesterday preventing the functioning of MP Rajapakshe and his former Ministers in minority government ,powerless.

The interim order was intepreted the law incorrectly and issued against the Constitution it says.

The respondents of the appeal petitions are 122 MP's who had filed a petition against appointing Mahinda Rajapakshe as premier including United National Party with its leader Ranil Wkiramasinghe, JVP,TNA ,ACMC, SLMC and TPA Parties .