UPFA Galle District MP Geetha Kumarasinghe and three other respondents were noticed to appear in the Appeal Court on October 19 over a petition filed by five voters in the Galle electorate against Ms. Kumarasinghe’s election to parliament.

The petitioners said she was not qualified to be a member of parliament because she was a dual citizen of Sri Lanka and Switzerland.    

Controller of Immigration and Emigration, UPFA general secretary and parliament chief secretary are among the other respondents.(Thilini de Silva)