නව ත්‍රස්ත පනතට එරෙහිව ගම්මන්පිලගෙන් පෙත්සමක්

Former minister Udaya Gammanpila has filed a petition in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court challenging provisions in the government’s Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill, which has been presented to Parliament. The Attorney General is named as the respondent.

Gammanpila argues that parts of the proposed legislation are inconsistent with constitutional fundamental rights. He has asked the court to rule that any enactment of the disputed provisions would require approval by a two-thirds majority in Parliament and endorsement at a referendum.

Separately, Gammanpila filed a writ petition at the Court of Appeal challenging an order issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena on Friday the 16th. The order prohibited Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thera and 54 others from staying outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo and directed police to remove them.

The monks had marched from Kandy and gathered outside the Secretariat to call for the release of the Bodu Bala Sena’s general secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera. Gammanpila told reporters that the challenge to the magistrate’s order was filed on the day of his announcement.

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