The Attorney General has today (13) informed the Supreme Court that the content of the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) is still being studied by the Presidential Committee appointed to review the agreement. The petition filed before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a court order pronouncing that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement is against the Constitution, was taken up before a SC judge bench consisting Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, and Yasantha Kodagoda. The AG has noted that there had been some delay in the progress of reviewing the agreement due to the recent situation in the country and had requested the court to grant more time to complete the study. The SC has ordered the petition to be taken up again on November 3 and has directed the senior state counsel to inform the progress of the review on that day. The petition was filed by eight parties including the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) stating that the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA is in contravention to the Constitution of the country and that the government has not obtained proper approval from parliament before signing the FTA.