A proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to extend the term of Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam by another six months has been defeated at the Constitutional Council (CC) meeting.
A vote had resulted in 03 votes in support and 05 votes against.
The CC had taken up the proposal on two previous occasions, which had ended without a final decision.
The tenure of Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam is to end this month.
