The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has temporarily lifted the travel ban that was imposed on former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
The court today granted permission to MP Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until the 15th of January 2023.
A travel ban was imposed on Basil Rajapaksa and 05 others in July based on a petition that was filed by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL).
TISL filed a petition in June, calling on the court to restrict the overseas travel of 6 respondents including Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and Former Secretary to the Treasury S.R. Attygala, 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 called for the respondents to be held accountable for their illegal, arbitrary, and unreasonable acts or omissions which culminated in the current economic crisis. (NewsWire)