President Ranil Wickremesinghe was booed and jeered by a group of lawyers, on Saturday (10), at an event organised by the Colombo Univesity Law Faculty Alumni Association to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Colombo University.
The incident took place at the Colombo Law Faculty.Former Vice Chancellor of the Colombo University, Prof. G. L. Peiris. was also present at the event.
Earlier in the day, the President attended a discussion at the Dean’s office of the Faculty of Law on Saturday morning.
Among those present were University Vice Chancellor Professor HD Karunaratne, Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor Sampath Punchihewa, Members of Parliament Professor Peiris, Madhura Withanage, President’s Counsel Ronald Perera, and others.