Former Speaker and United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Chamal Rajapaksa has obtained a letter from the Parliament Secretary General confirming him to be a sitting MP, Parliament sources confirmed to Times Online.
Such a letter is needed in the event an MP is to contest the Presidential Election.
Meanwhile, UPFA MP Kumara Welgama has also obtained a letter from the Parliament Secretary General certifying that he is a sitting MP, it was also confirmed.
Earlier, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake had obtained a similar letter. Mr Dissanayake will be the JVP Presidential candidate at the upcoming election.
Several former Parliamentarians have also obtained letters from the Parliament Secretary-General in recent days certifying them to be former MPs. They are M.L.A.M. Hisbullah, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, Anuruddha Polgampola and Saman Sri Herath.
(Sandun Jayawardana)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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