Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya has sought advice from the Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Resettlement about a request by a death row inmate and the Chairman of the Kahawatta Pradeshiya Sabha Vajira Darshana de Silva to attend a Pradeshiya Sabha Session on October 8.

In a letter to the Ministry’s Secretary, the Prison Chief stated that inmate is currently at the Welikada Prison.

On July 31, 2020, De Silva was sentenced to death and 47 years in prison by the Ratnapura High Court along with two others including parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekara over a shooting incident during the 2015 presidential election period, that killed one person and wounded two others.

Recently, Premalal Jayasekera took oaths as a member of parliament in Sri Lanka.

In his letter, Mr. Upuldeniya also stated that as the prison laws do not stipulate the course of action to be taken in such an instance, he is seeking an advice in this regard.