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Shantha Bandara?s name gazetted to fill vacant Parliament seat

United People?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) member Shantha Bandara?s name has been gazetted to fill the vacant UPFA National List MP seat in Parliament. The General Secretary of the UPFA Mahinda Amaraweera had last week informed the Elections Commission that Shantha Bandara?s name has been nominated to fill the vacant UPFA National List MP seat in Parliament. The seat was left vacant after Bandara resigned last month as UPFA National List MP in order to fill the seat left vacant following the deat

15 Sep, 2019

SLFP suspends membership of MPs who crossed

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has suspended the membership of five Parliamentarians who crossed over and supported the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the United National Party. SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said that the SLFP membership of Parliamentarians Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa, S.B. Dissanayake, Dilan Perera and A.H.M. Fowzie has been suspended. The party membership has been suspended after a disciplinary inquiry was conducted by the SLFP. L

14 Sep, 2019

Shantha Bandara back as UPFA National List MP

The General Secretary of the United People?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Mahinda Amaraweera has informed the Elections Commission that Shantha Bandara?s name has been nominated to fill the vacant UPFA National List MP seat in Parliament. The seat was left vacant after Bandara resigned last month as UPFA National List MP in order to fill the seat left vacant following the death of MP Salinda Dissanayake. However the District Returning Officer of Kurunegala had gazetted the name of UPFA member H. M.

13 Sep, 2019