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UNP moves to expel Bogollagama
The UNP is moving for the expulsion from parliament of its one-time frontliner Rohitha Bogollagama, who crossed over recently and was sworn in as Minister of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise Development.

A letter to this effect has been sent to Parliamentary Secretary General Priyani Wijesekara on the grounds that he has been sacked from the party and according to the constitution the party has the right to nominate the next on the Kurunegala district list to replace him as an MP. In line for this is Sarath Munasinghe, former military spokesman and later Deputy Speaker.

UNP Deputy General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said Mr. Bogollagama had violated party discipline by crossing over and thus could be expelled. Under the constitution, Mr. Bogollagama could appeal to the Supreme Court within three months and the decision of the court will be binding.

Meanwhile the UNP is also considering disciplinary action against parliamentarians T. Maheshwaran and P. Radhakrishnan who on Friday defied a party decision and voted against the allocations for the Foreign Ministry. The UNP had decided to abstain from voting.

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