Supreme Court decides President’s term is five years Presidential Election Next Year President’s term ends in December 2019
The Supreme Court has informed President Maithripala Sirisena that his term of office is for five years. This is a sequel to President Sirisena's query from the Supreme Court whether it is Constitutional for him to serve a full six-year term, from January 2015, when he was elected, to January 2021.
As a result of this inquiry, a five-judge bench comprising President's Counsel (PC) Priyasath Dep CJ, and Justices Eva Wanasundera PC, Buwaneka Aluwihare PC, Sisira J. de Abrew and K.T. Chithrasiri directed that the proceeding due to special reasons as per Article 129(4) be held in public as opposed to private and thereby called for open submissions.
There were three submissions in favour of a six-year term (Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya PC, Ulapane Sumangala represented by Saliya P...