(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette)
The Government is considering granting a presidential pardon to jailed former MP Ranjan Ramanayake.
Justice Minister Wijeydasa Rajapaksha said that he has sought a report from the Prisons Department to consider freeing Ranjan Ramanayake.
The Supreme Court had sentenced former MP Ranjan Ramanayake to four years rigorous imprisonment over charges of contempt of court.
Ramanayake's Parliament seat was also abolished due to his sentencing, despite objections raised by the opposition on multiple occasions in Parliament. (Colombo Gazette)
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