FR filed by Harin and Manusha fixed for support

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The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara, contesting the suspension of their party membership by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is scheduled for a hearing before the Supreme Court on 12 October.

The order in question was issued during the consideration of the petition by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday.

The petition by the duo names SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and several others as respondents.

The counsels representing the respondents informed the court that, in accordance with the Constitution of Sri Lanka, the hearing of this particular petition must be concluded within two months from the date it was initially filed.

Fernando and Nanayakkara filed the Fundamental Rights petition against the SJB in August after the party stripped them of their party membership and positions.

On 18 July the SJB announced that the party’s working committee unanimously decided to expel the duo for going against the SJB’s decision to refuse any Government posts offered.

Though the party had long sought to take action against them, the SJB was prevented from doing so after an enjoining order was issued by the Nugegoda District Court in early April against SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and the Chairman of the purported party disciplinary committee. However, the enjoining order issued by the courts lapsed on 18 April. The party then took steps to expel them in July following deliberations.

Meanwhile, on 2 August the United National Party (UNP) welcomed Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara back to its fold after their expulsion from the SJB.

The UNP lifted the suspension on the two Ministers at a working committee meeting chaired by UNP leader, President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The party also took an additional step and reinstated both Ministers as active members of the working committee, granting them the opportunity to resume their roles and responsibilities within the party.

The duo along with 97 other UNP MPs had been suspended earlier by the UNP in May 2020, after they broke away from the UNP to form the SJB.

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