Parliamentarian Chamal Rajapaksa today (Oct 4) made his cash deposit to contest at the upcoming Presidential election a short while ago, an official at the Election Secretariat said.
Rajapaksa had previously obtained a letter from the Secretary General of Parliament confirming his position as Parliamentarian - a document required to contest the poll.
The Presidential election is to be held on November 16.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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