Further consideration of FR petitions against election date postponed
May 20, 2020 03:31 pm
The Supreme Court has postponed the further hearing of the Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the date set by the Elections Commission to hold the General Election 2020 to tomorrow (21).
The hearing of petitions was continued for the third consecutive day, this morning (20), at the Supreme Court before the five-member judge bench consisting of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Sisira de Abrew, Priyantha Jayawardena, and Vijith Malalgoda.
During the course of hearing today, the Election Commission informed the court that there are no possibilities of holding an election on June 20 under the current situation in the country.
Subsequently, the judge bench postponed the further hearing of the petitions until 10 am tomorrow.
Seven parties including Attorney at Law Charitha Gunaratne, Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), and Journalist Victor Ivan, Samagi Jana Balawegaya filed Fundamental Rights petitions challenging the election date set by the Elections Commission.
The Attorney General, on behalf of the President, Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya, and Members of the Commission N. J. Abeysekara and Ratnajeevan Hoole have been named as respondents of the petition.
