Supreme Court decided to hear case against TNA manifesto

[ Wednesday, 02 October 2013, 02:15.43 PM GMT +05:30 ]

The Supreme Court (SC) has decided to hear the case filed against the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) election manifesto on October 23.

The decision was taken when the TNA appeared in court today to show cause as to why the court should not hear the case. After listening to the submissions made by the TNA, the Supreme Court felt there was enough grounds to go ahead with the case. A petition had earlier been filed by Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera and six others against the manifesto of the TNA at the last provincial council elections. The Supreme Court had on September 18 declined to suspend the Northern Provincial Council election after the petition was filed under Article 157 (4) A of the Constitution claim the TNA manifesto violates the sixth amendment to the constitution that prohibits any political organisation from having as one of its aims the creation of a separate state within Sri Lanka. The petitions cited ITAK General Secretary Mavai Senathirajah, TNA Leader R. Sampanthan, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya and the Attorney General as respondents.