Petition seeking to postpone LG polls to be taken up on Feb. 23

Retired Colonel W.M. Wijesundera’s lawyers have informed the Supreme Court that it is not necessary to support motion requesting to expedite the petition to postpone the upcoming Local Government elections, Ada Derana reporter said.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court has ordered to take up the matter as scheduled on 23 February, according to the reporter.

The relevant motion was called before the two-member Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices S. Turairaja and Shiran Gunaratne today (Feb. 20).

There, Attorney-at-Law Faisz Musthapha, who appeared on behalf of the petitioning party, mentioned that the Supreme Court had earlier ordered the petition to be called for consideration on February 23.

The attorney further pointed out that they took steps to file a motion requesting the case to be called before February 23, since the postal voting was scheduled to be held on March 22.

The writ petition had been filed by the retired Army Colonel, seeking an order postponing the upcoming LG elections in view of the current economic crisis in the country.