Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Dileepa Peiris informed court today (26th) that the invitation letter presented by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe holds no legal validity.
Making submissions before the court, ASG Peiris argued that the document in question cannot be accepted as a legitimate legal instrument.
He further requested that bail not be granted to Wickremesinghe until the conclusion of the ongoing trial.
This letter became central to the legal case because Wickremesinghe is accused of misusing Rs. 16.6 million in public funds to undertake what authorities allege was a private overseas visit.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Friday (22nd) following questioning over a controversial foreign trip allegedly funded by public money.
The former President is suspected of spending approximately Rs. 16.9 million in government funds to travel to the United Kingdom to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony.
The trip reportedly took place on 22nd and 23rd of September 2023, and included ten individuals accompanying Wickremesinghe.
