INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Appeal Court today (23) issued an interim order avoiding the holding of the inaugural session of the Wanathawilluwa Pradeshiya Sabha,
which was scheduled to be held tomorrow (24 ), stated Ada Derana reporter.The order was issued by Court of Appeal Judge Priyantha Fernando,
following consideration of a petition submitted by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) group leader Samantha Munasinghe, who contested the
current city government elections for the stated Pradeshiya Sabha.The judge also ordered notifications to be released to the participants
and set up the petition to be taken up for additional hearing on 16 July, stated Ada Derana reporter.Attorney-at-Law Saman Galappaththi,
appearing on behalf of the petitioner, sent to the court that his customers party had been unjustly dealt with in the allocation of seats
scheduled for womens representation, which need to have been based upon the variety of votes each celebration received.The attorney further
argued that the choice made by the Returning Officer in assigning these seats was in offense of legal provisions
Although a formal complaint had actually been sent to the Election Commission, no reaction had been gotten to date, the counsel
added.Accordingly, the petitioner asked for the court to enable the hearing of the petition and to issue the interim injunction looked for,
in order to prevent the inaugural session from being held on the basis of what he declared was an unlawful decision by the Returning
Officer.However, the State Attorney representing the participants argued that providing an interim injunction to stop the inaugural session
would cause severe disruption to the shipment of public services through the Pradeshiya Sabha.Therefore, the State Attorney requested that
the court refrain from granting the interim order sought by the petitioner.After thinking about the truths presented, the court provided an
interim injunction to the Returning Officer of the Wanathawilluwa Pradeshiya Sabha and the Local Government Commissioner of the North
Western Province, who were called as participants in the petition.
