NewsFormer 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. 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.

Source: Sunday Times October 04, 2019 08:37 UTC