SLPP Ratnapura District MP-elect Premalal Jaysekera will take oaths as a Member of Parliament (MP) tomorrow following the Court of Appeal interim order issued directing the Commissioner General of Prisons to allow him to attend Parliamentary sittings.
Jayasekara who was sentenced to death by the Ratnapura High Court on a murder charge last month filed the Writ Petition seeking the court to order the Commissioner General of Prisons to allow him to attend Parliament.
The bench comprising of Court of Appeal President A.H.M.D Nawaz and Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna said there is no hurdle to Jayasekera attending Parliament or taking oaths as a MP.
A Parliament official confirmed that Jayasekera will take oaths as a MP tomorrow.