Parliamentarians of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando have filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition against the SJB’s decision pertaining to their party memberships.
The two Ministers have filed the FR petition before the Supreme Court seeking an order which nullifies the decision taken by the SJB to suspend their party membership and unseat them from the Parliament.
In July, the SJB’s Working Committee decided to expel Ministers Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando from the party after the duo joined President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government.
Thereafter, in August, the Working Committee of the United National Party (UNP), President Wickremesinghe’s party, decided to lift the suspension that was previously imposed on Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara.
The UNP had previously suspended Fernando and Nanayakkara from the party after they had crossed over to the SJB. (NewsWire)