Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi yesterday offered an unconditional apology to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, then the National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate, at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
The apology relates to a defamation case filed by Dissanayake against Tissakuttiarachchi and another SLPP member over comments made during a political rally.
Dissanayake, through his legal team, sought Rs. 10 billion in damages for the alleged defamatory statements.
The case concerns a public meeting held by the SLPP on August 19, 2023, in Central Colombo, where Tissakuttiarachchi allegedly claimed that Dissanayake had “invested five billion in Malta.”
