Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday fixed the inquiry for March 10 into the petitions filed challenging the legality of the ceasefire agreement. The petitions were filed by the Sinhala extreme nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and Sinhala Jathika Sangamaya (SJS) challenging the legality of the CFA signed by the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe and Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on February 22, 2002.

These three political parties in their petitions stated that the February 2002 CFA is illegal and against the constitution of the country that Ranil Wickremasinghe had signed the CFA with the LTTE without the consent of the then executive president Chandrika Kumaratunga.

They also stated that under the constitution it is mandatory that any agreement by the Prime Minister in power should be signed with the consent of the executive President.

Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe and Mr. V. Pirapaharan and cabinet of ministers of that government have been cited as respondents in these petitions, legal sources said.

The JVP is the third largest party in Sri Lanka's parliament with 38 parliamentarians while JHU has nine members in present parliament.

SJS is a front organization of the JVP.

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