Dayasiri Jayasekara
Member of Parliament, Kurunegala (Samagi Jana Balawegaya) · Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
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8 January 2027
SLFP General Secretary civil dispute - interim injunction refusedWestern Province Civil Appellate High Court
Dayasiri Jayasekara is the subject of pending court proceedings. No conviction has been recorded. A civil dispute over who holds the General Secretary post of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Jayasekara, removed from the post by the SLFP leadership in 2023, asked the courts to recognise him as General Secretary and to stop Duminda Dissanayake and Nimal Siripala de Silva from acting as General Secretary and Chairman. The Colombo District Court refused his request; on appeal, the Western Province Civil Appellate High Court also refused the request and the interim injunction on 28 September 2026. The refusal of interim relief did not finally decide the underlying civil action, which remains pending, with a preliminary hearing fixed for 8 January 2027. This is a civil dispute: no criminal allegation, arrest, charge or custody order is involved. Next scheduled hearing: 8 January 2027.
Dayasiri Jayasekara legal timeline
- 8 January 2027
Next Hearing
Preliminary hearing in the SLFP General Secretary dispute, fixed on 28 September 2026.
Court: Western Province Civil Appellate High Court
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- 28 September 2026
Hearing
The Western Province Civil Appellate High Court refused Jayasekara's request to be recognised as SLFP General Secretary and refused the interim injunction he sought against Duminda Dissanayake and Nimal Siripala de Silva acting as General Secretary and Chairman. The preliminary hearing was fixed for 8 January 2027.
Court: Western Province Civil Appellate High Court
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Dayasiri Jayasekara court cases
SLFP General Secretary civil dispute - interim injunction refused
A civil dispute over who holds the General Secretary post of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Jayasekara, removed from the post by the SLFP leadership in 2023, asked the courts to recognise him as General Secretary and to stop Duminda Dissanayake and Nimal Siripala de Silva from acting as General Secretary and Chairman. The Colombo District Court refused his request; on appeal, the Western Province Civil Appellate High Court also refused the request and the interim injunction on 28 September 2026.
What’s happened
The refusal of interim relief did not finally decide the underlying civil action, which remains pending, with a preliminary hearing fixed for 8 January 2027. This is a civil dispute: no criminal allegation, arrest, charge or custody order is involved.
- Court
- Western Province Civil Appellate High Court
- Next hearing / due
- 8 January 2027
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Dayasiri Jayasekara political career
Ministerial positions
No ministerial positions publicly confirmed.
Other political positions
Member of Parliament, Kurunegala (Samagi Jana Balawegaya)
2024–?
General Secretary, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Until 2023
Dayasiri Jayasekara party history
Elected to the Paduwasnuwera local authority on the SLFP ticket in 1997 and later served as SLFP Youth Wing General Secretary. The exit date around 2001 is approximate.
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Joined the UNP around 2001 and was first elected to Parliament in 2004. He resigned his UNP parliamentary seat and returned to the SLFP-led UPFA in July 2013.
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Returned to the SLFP-led UPFA in 2013. The SLFP leadership suspended or expelled him and removed him as General Secretary in September 2023; litigation produced interim orders against implementing the removal, and he still claims the post in 2026. His current formal SLFP membership is therefore disputed and is not inferred either way.