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)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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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