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Decision on bringing Ranjan to parliament after court gives order: Speaker

10 Feb 2021

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today said a decision on bringing in Opposition MP Ranjan Ramanayake to attend parliament would be made once an order is issued by the court in this regard. He said the Court has instructed to maintain the status quo over the issue until such time. “I will make a decision once the court order is given,” he said. The Speaker said this in response to several questions raised by MPs over bringing in MP Ramanayake, who was sentenced to prison over contempt of court, to parliament. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said Ramanayake should be allowed to visit Parliament similar to how Government MP Premalal Jayasekara was given permission to attend it. “The Speaker said an answer will be given in three weeks over the matter, and that period has been completed now. Ranjan should be brought into parliament definitely,” he said. Meanwhile, Government MP Dilan Perera said the two incidents of Premalal Jayasekara and Ranjan Ramanayake cannot be treated equally. “The order on Premalal’s case was given by the Court of Appeal and this allowed him to make an appeal against the order. However, Ranjan was sentenced by the Supreme Court and therefore, an appeal cannot be made against the SC decision. That's why his punishment is still in force,” he said. “The Opposition have gone to the court seeking if it's possible to appeal against the SC decision. But, as far as we know, a SC order on a contempt of court case is final. You can’t disregard that decision,” MP Perera said.

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