The overseas travel ban that was imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been extended.
The Supreme Court today extended the travel ban until the 02nd of August preventing the two former state officials from leaving Sri Lanka.
On 15th July, the Supreme Court issued an order preventing Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country until 28th July 2022.
The travel ban was extended after the petition filed by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) and three others against the two politicians was taken up for consideration today.
On the 17th of June, TISL filed a petition in the public interest calling on the court to restrict the overseas travel of 6 respondents including Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank W.D. Lakshman, former Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and former Finance Ministry Secretary S.R. Attygalle, as interim measures during the pendency of the case.
The petition by TISL, Chandra Jayaratne, Jehan CanagaRetna, and Julian Bolling claims that the respondents named in the petition are directly responsible for the unsustainability of Sri Lanka’s foreign debt, its hard default on foreign loan repayments, and the current state of the economy of Sri Lanka.
The petition calls for the respondents to be held accountable for their illegal, arbitrary, and unreasonable acts or omissions which culminated in the current economic crisis.
Thereafter, the Supreme Court issued a travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, W.D. Lakshman, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and S.R. Attygalle until 28th July. (NewsWire)
