A writ petition filed by United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and 121 other Parliamentarians seeking an order in the nature of Quo Warranto declaring that Mahinda Rajapaksa is not entitled to hold the office of Prime Minister will be taken up for support before the Court of Appeal today (30).
This petition is to be heard before Court of Appeal President, Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justice Arjuna Obeysekara.
The petitioners further sought an order in the nature of Quo Warranto declaring that 49 respondents including the Prime Minister and the Ministers of the incumbent government are not entitled to hold the office of ministers of the cabinet of Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
The petitioners, the Members of Parliament representing the United National Party, Tamil National Alliance, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and several other parties filed this petition naming 49 persons including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, members of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers as respondents. The petitioners stated that on November 14, 2018, Parliament passed a vote of No-Confidence against the purported government of the Respondents.
They further stated that on November 16, Parliament passed another Vote of No-Confidence against the Government.
They maintained that in terms of Article 48 of the Constitution, the Cabinet stood dissolved from November 14, 2018.
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