8 September, 2020
Premalal Jayasekara, who was sentenced to death, has taken oaths as a Member of Parliament this afternoon.
The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an order directing the Prison authorities to allow Ratnapura District Parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekera to attend Parliament.
Premalal Jayasekera who was sentenced to death over a fatal shooting that took place in 2015 had filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an interim order directing the prison authorities to allow him to attend Parliament.