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Namal prepares letter to parliamentary secretary seeking access to sittings

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources In the courts
  • Namal Rajapaksa plans to ask Parliament's secretary-general to arrange the facilities needed for him to attend upcoming sittings.
  • Legal officials cited in the report say his remand detention does not legally prevent him from attending Parliament.
  • Parliament is scheduled to meet from September 8 to 11, while Rajapaksa remains remanded until September 18 over an alleged Airbus bribery case.

Namal Rajapaksa is preparing a letter to Sri Lanka's parliamentary secretary-general asking for the facilities he needs to attend upcoming parliamentary sittings while he remains in remand custody.

Sources in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna said the letter is expected to be sent to Secretary-General Kushani Rohanadeera the following day. Legal sources cited by the report said Rajapaksa faces no legal obstacle to attending Parliament because he is being held on remand.

Parliament is scheduled to meet from September 8 through September 11. Rajapaksa was arrested in connection with an alleged bribery incident involving an Airbus deal and was remanded by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama until September 18.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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