INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Minister Harin Fernando says that former MP Ranjan Ramanayake is expected to be released either tomorrow (26) or Monday (29).In a Twitter
message, he mentioned that Ramanayake will be released following the request made by him and Minister Manusha Nanayakkara along with many
others to President Ranil Wickremesinghe.Fernando also expressed his gratitude to the Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, who he says
I made along with many others to HE President Ranil Wickremesinghe
I would like to thank Wijeyadasa Rajapakse who worked tirelessly to make it happen
seeking a presidential pardon and that it will be directed to President Wickremesinghe.Ramanayake is currently serving a prison sentence
2021, over contempt of court charges, in connection with disparaging remarks he had made about the judiciary in August 2017.Justice Minister
Wijedasa Rajapakse had recently stated that necessary measures will be taken to pardon and release Mr
Ramanayake, as per the instructions of President Ranil Wickramasinghe, under a Presidential Pardon.
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