14 December 2018 APAC Alert – (Update) Sri Lanka: Parliament dissolution ruled illegal
The Supreme Court (SC) of Sri Lanka unanimously ruled that President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament on November 9 was unconstitutional and illegal yesterday, December 13. The dissolution was before the president had served four and a half years. The country further observed that President Sirisena’s action was an arbitrary executive act, it violated […]