Sirisena Cooray seeks Rs. 10 billion damage from 'Spectacle' group

 Former Minister and Mayor of Colombo Municipal Council Sirisena Cooray filed a civil case in Colombo District Court against the independent group that contested under ‘Spectacle’ symbol for the Municipal Council election in 2006 for breach of an agreement.
Mr. Sirisena Cooray named group leader M.S. Rajendran as the respondent of the case.

Mr. Cooray states in his petition that the said independent group that contested the May 20, 2006 Municipal Council election signed an MOU with the United National Party to make way to replace the elected counclors with UNP members.

UNP came to this agreement with the independent group as the UNP nomination list was rejected.

In accordance with the agreement, the UNP provided fullest corporation for the group in the election campaign. But after winning the election, the group did not abide with the pledge to offer seats to UNP violating the MOU.  Mr. Cooray says that this incident caused him severe disrepute and seeks to assess the damage to him as Rs. 10 billion and to prompt Mr. Rajendran to redress him.