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TNA MP represents petitioner challenging TNPF appointment to Jaffna Municipal Council

The lawyer and TNA MP, M A Sumanthiran has represented a petitioner challenging the appointment of the TNPF national organiser, V Manivannan to the Jaffna Municipal Council, who is currently opposition leader within the Council. 

Mr Sumanthiran, who is also one of the president's counsels despite being the spokesperson for Sri Lanka's official opposition party, appeared for the petitioner Stephenson Ronoldan, who argued that Mr Manivannan was not a resident of the JMC when he cited 'Ramanathan Road, Jaffna' as his residential address on the ACTC nomination paper before the election. 

The Court of Appeal issued an interim order this week against Mr Manivannan, barring him from participating in Council proceedings until the final determination of the Writ petition, which has been set for September 28. 

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