Gotabaya’s writ petition to be heard today

Colombo, June 17 (Daily Mirror) -The writ petition filed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking an order preventing his arrest in connection with ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks is scheduled to be heard before the Court of Appeal today at 1.30 p.m.

The former President is to be represented by President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva.

When the matter was taken up this morning, Deputy Solicitor General Suharshi Herath, appearing for the Attorney General, informed court that the Attorney General’s Department had received the petition papers only this morning at around 8.00 a.m. She further stated that instructions had not yet been received from the respondents.

Meanwhile, Justice Priyantha Fernando, who sat on the bench with Court of Appeal President Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya, declined to hear the petition.