{"id":43622,"date":"2015-05-05T08:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=43622"},"modified":"2015-05-05T08:21:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:21:35","slug":"johnston-fernando-remanded-sc-decides-expulsion-of-attanayake-from-parliamentary-seat-is-invalid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/05\/05\/johnston-fernando-remanded-sc-decides-expulsion-of-attanayake-from-parliamentary-seat-is-invalid\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnston Fernando remanded-SC decides expulsion of Attanayake from parliamentary seat is invalid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"newsContent\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested over allegations of financial frauds against him, was remanded till tomorrow by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on Tuesday (5).<\/p>\n<p>Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya also ordered the prison authorities to produce Fernando at the Kurunegala Magistrate\u2019s Court at the next hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) summoned the former Minister to record a statement on alleged financial misappropriations in the Lanka Sathosa Ltd, this morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsItemComplete\">\n<div class=\"newsContent\">\n<p>The Supreme Court in a historic judgment on Tuesday (5) ruled that expulsion of former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary, Tissa Attanayake, from parliamentary seat is invalid as due process was not followed.<br \/>\nThe judgment was delivered, when a petition filed by Attanayake, was taken up for hearing before a bench comprising of three judges including Justices Rohini Marasinghe.<br \/>\nThe Supreme Court ruled that since a disciplinary inquiry has not been conducted or a charge sheet has not been filed against Attanayake in this regard, it is unjustifiable to take such a decision.<br \/>\nThe former UNP General Secretary, who pledged support to then President Mahinda Rajapaksa ahead of the Presidential Election in January, was also expelled from the party following a decision taken by the working committee.<br \/>\nOn February 11, Attanayake was released on bail after being arrested on criminal charges of falsifying a document. Attanayake, who was made Health Minister for less than three weeks after he defected from the UNP, was accused of fabricating a document to discredit President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.<br \/>\nM.U.M.Ali Sabry with Kaushalya Molligoda and Ruwantha Coorey instructed by Athula De Silva appeared on behalf of the petitioner. Romesh De Silva with Sugath Caldera and Eraj De Silva appeared for the UNP.<br \/>\nRonald Perera with Suren Fernando appeared for the leader of the UNP while Ikram Mohamed PC with Saadi Wadood appeared on behalf of the General Secretary of the UNP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"relatedNews\">TAGS : <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=Tissa%20Attanayake\">\u00a0Tissa Attanayake<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=UNP\">\u00a0UNP<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=General%20Secretary\">\u00a0General Secretary<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=President\">\u00a0President<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=Mahinda%20Rajapaksa\">\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=Maithripala%20Sirisena\">\u00a0Maithripala Sirisena<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/adaderana.lk\/search_tags.php?query=Ranil%20Wickremesinghe\">\u00a0Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a> ,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adaderana Former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested over allegations of financial frauds against him, was remanded till tomorrow by the Colombo Chief Magistrate on Tuesday (5). Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya also ordered the prison authorities to produce Fernando at the Kurunegala Magistrate\u2019s Court at the next hearing. 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