By: Isuru Parakrama
Colombo (LNW): The Attorney General has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions filed by two parties claiming that their fundamental rights (FR) were violated by the non-holding of the Local Government Election on March 09, 2023 without hearing.
This was when the petitions, filed by the National People’s Power (NPP) and the People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), were taken up before the Court yesterday (26).
Additional Solicitor General Priyantha Navana appearing for the AG told the Court that the said petitions were filed without having an understanding about the country’s economic crisis and other issues that follow and therefore, should be dismissed without hearing.
The Supreme Court ordered that the petitions be called again on October 02, 2023.
