It is reported that former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has now arrived at Katunayake Airport. That is for departure to the United States of America.
A court order had been issued preventing the former minister from traveling abroad and Basil Rajapaksa’s lawyers reported to the Supreme Court and said that their client wanted to go abroad for medical treatment.
After considering the facts, the court temporarily lifted the foreign travel ban of Mr. Basil Rajapaksa.
Mr. Basil Rajapaksa is scheduled to leave for Dubai on an Emirates flight and will then travel to America from Dubai.
It was recently reported that the State Ministers were to be sworn in for his American trip. Accordingly, yesterday, 37 state ministers were sworn in and the majority of them were members of the Podujana Peramuna.