FR petition against those responsible for economic crisis to be taken up today

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The Fundamental Rights petition filed in the Supreme Court by Transparency International Sri Lanka and three individuals calling for action against persons responsible for the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka, is set to be taken up for support for leave to proceed today.

The Attorney-General (representing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa), Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Former Secretary to the Treasury S.R. Attygala and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are among 13 respondents named in the petition.

The petition calls for the respondents to be held accountable for their illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable acts or omissions which culminated in the current economic crisis.

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