The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to initiate disciplinary action against five of its national list Parliamentarians for defecting from the party recently.
The parliamentarians are S.B. Dissanayake, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Vijith Vijayamuni Soyza, Dilan Perera, and A.H.M. Fowzie.
Addressing a press briefing today (Sept 04) SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said that these parliamentarians have been asked to show cause, within a week, over their decision to change parties.
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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