The Western Province Civil Appellate High Court today (28) rejected a request by Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara seeking to be recognised as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
MP Jayasekara had filed a case before the Colombo District Court seeking an order recognising him as the party’s General Secretary and an interim injunction preventing Duminda Dissanayake from functioning as General Secretary and Nimal Siripala de Silva from serving as party Chairman.
The Colombo District Court had previously rejected the request. Jayasekara subsequently appealed to the Western Province Civil Appellate High Court, seeking to overturn that decision and grant the relief he had requested.
When the appeal was taken up today, the court also rejected the request for interim injunctions preventing Nimal Siripala de Silva from functioning as Chairman and Duminda Dissanayake from functioning as General Secretary of the SLFP.
The court has scheduled the preliminary hearing of the case for January 8, 2027.
The SLFP stated this in a statement issued today regarding the court proceedings.
