Senior Additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe took oaths as the Acting Attorney General before the Chief Justice. Last week, it was reported that the proposal to extend incumbent Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam’s term by another six months was defeated for the second time at the Constitutional Council meeting.

The proposal, submitted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, was defeated with five votes against it and three in favor. Rajaratnam’s current term expired at the end of June, and the President had proposed an extension for an additional six months. However, the proposal required the approval of the Constitutional Council, which twice defeated it.

Accordingly, Senior Additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe, son of former Chief Justice K. A. Parinda Ranasinghe, was appointed as the Acting Attorney General.