Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court extends abroad journey ban on Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa until Aug 11

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Wednesday prolonged till August 11 the abroad journey ban on former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his youthful brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who’re extensively blamed for the present financial disaster within the island nation.

On August 1, the nation’s apex court docket had prolonged till August 4 the abroad journey ban on Rajapaksa and his youthful brother when a movement associated to a petition requesting the court docket to concern an order for an investigation towards the individuals liable for the present financial disaster got here up.

The petition by a bunch together with former Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Chandra Jayaratne, former Sri Lanka swimming champion Julian Bolling, Jehan Kanagaratna and Transparency International Sri Lanka, claimed that three individuals – Basil, Mahinda and former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal – had been straight liable for the unsustainability of Sri Lanka’s overseas debt, its debt default and the present financial disaster resulting in an acute scarcity of fundamental commodities corresponding to meals, gas, and medicines.

On July 15, Sri Lanka’s apex court docket had barred the trio from leaving the nation until July 28. The ban was later prolonged until August 2.

Earlier this month, Basil was prevented from leaving Sri Lanka following protests from passengers and officers on the Bandaranaike International Airport right here.

Mahinda and Basil’s brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the previous Sri Lankan President, arrived in Singapore on July 14 on a “private visit” from the Maldives after he fled his nation to flee a preferred rebellion towards his authorities’s financial mismanagement.

Rajapaksa has been issued a brand new visa by Singapore, extending his keep within the nation until August 11.

Sri Lanka has seen months of mass unrest over the worst financial disaster and lots of blame the previous authorities led by Rajapaksa and his household for mishandling the island nation’s economic system.

The authorities declared chapter in mid-April by refusing to honour its worldwide debt.

The island nation of twenty-two million individuals, is underneath the grip of an unprecedented financial turmoil, the worst in seven a long time, leaving hundreds of thousands struggling to purchase meals, drugs, gas and different necessities.

Sri Lanka’s whole overseas debt stands at USD 51 billion.