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Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the country.
26.07.2022

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the country from Singapore, said Cabinet Spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena today.

Singapore has issued a 14-day short-term travel permit to the former president, who arrived in the country on July 14 on a personal visit, according to Singapore immigration officials.

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Travel ban on Cabraal further extended till October 26
25.07.2022

The Colombo Chief Magistrate's court today further extended its order preventing former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal from leaving the country until October 26.

Meanwhile, Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala ordered to re-issue notices on former Central Bank Governor to appear in court on October 26.

The Court made this order consequent to a request made by former Southern Province Governor Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon through a private plaint filed in terms of section 136(1)(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act.

https://humanrightsmedia.lk/English/Travel-ban-on-Cabraal-further-extended-till-October-26-25July2022/3254

Dullas’ SLPP group to sit in Opposition separately
25.07.2022

The group of members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna who supported Dullas Alahapperuma for the Presidency will work as a separate independent group in Parliament, political sources said. These sources said the group led by Dullas Alahapperuma includes around 16 members including Prof.G.L. Peiris, Prof.Charita Herath, Prof. Channa Jayasumana and Dr. Nalaka Godahewa among others. Sources say that the group is will sit in the parliamentary Opposition as a separate group.

This group is also focusing on building a new political movement in the future.

Prof. G.L. Peiris, who previously held the position of Foreign Affairs Minister lost his post when the new Cabinet was appointed.

Peiris, who was the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman, proposed the name of Dullas Alahapperuma for the election of the President in Parliament last week.

https://humanrightsmedia.lk/English/Dullas-SLPP-group-to-sit-in-Opposition-separately-25July2022/3252