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Sri Lankan court stops opposition meeting without president's consent

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday issued a court order preventing the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from convening a Central Working Committee meeting without the permission of the head of the party.

The District Court of Colombo issued the order based on a petition filed by SLFP member Prasanna Solangaarachchi.

President Maithripala Sirisena is the head of the SLFP and he had opposed an attempt by SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadharshana Yapa to convene a special SLFP Central Working Committee meeting on Wednesday evening.

Earlier Wednesday President Sirisena sent a letter to Yapa stating that the Central Working Committee meeting cannot be convened without his permission.

In the petition to court, Solangaarachchi said that Yapa cannot convene the meeting without the permission of the party leader and accordingly the court issued a restraining order on the meeting and will hear the case on July 29.

The meeting was planned against the backdrop of a special statement made to the media on Tuesday by President Maithripala Sirisena where he stated that he had objected to the nominations given to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest the Aug. 17 parliament election from the SLFP and the United People's Freedom Alliance.

The president said that Rajapaksa would be defeated at the parliamentary elections just as he was at the presidential elections in January. Endi