Ex-mayor refuses to leave

10 August 2010 06:46 am

By Indika Sri Aravinda


The former Mayor of Colombo Uvais Mohamed Imthiaz is still refusing to vacate the official residence of the Colombo Mayor despite a deadline to do so expiring last month.

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) special commissioner Omar Kamil, speaking to Daily Mirror online, insisted that the former Mayor should vacate the official residence immediately as the deadline issued to do so expired last month.

However when contacted by Daily Mirror online, Uvais Mohamed Imthiaz said that he had obtained special privileges from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to remain in the official Mayor’s residence despite the deadline to vacate the premises expiring.

Imthiaz had earlier sought three months time to find a new house in order to vacate his former official residence and as a result the new deadline expired on 31 July. However Uvais Mohamed Imthiaz has yet to vacate the house. (Daily Mirror online)