Mohamed Nizam Kariapper was sworn in as a National List MP from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) this morning.
Following taking oaths before the Speaker, he signed the Members roll kept before the Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera.
He fills the final National List seat of the SJB.
The first session of the Tenth Parliament convened on November 21st and the new members took oaths on that day. At that time, the names for the four national list seats allocated to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya had not been published in the gazette and the Election Commission had issued the gazette notification containing the names of these new members on the 12th. Accordingly, out of the four members, Sujeewa Senasinghe, Muhammedu Ismail Muththu Muhammedu, and Mano Ganesan were sworn in yesterday (17).
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The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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