INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Election Commission has decided to gazette the name of business tycoon Dhammika Perera as a Member of Parliament from Sri Lanka Podujana
to fill the vacant National List parliamentary seat.Dhammika Perera meanwhile obtained the membership of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna from
parliamentary seat left vacant following the resignation of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa
Accordingly, he has stepped down from the board memberships of all his companies ahead of taking oaths as a Member of Parliament.Earlier
this week, sources told Ada Derana that Dhammika Perera is tipped to take up a ministerial portfolio related to the investment sector after
entering the parliament through the SLPP.Last night, a special gazette notification was published by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, creating
two new portfolios titled Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion and Minister of Women, Child Affairs - Social Empowerment.A total
of 15 departments, statutory institutions and public corporations including the Department of Immigration and Emigration, Telecommunication
Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), Department of Registration of Persons and Board of Investment have been listed under the
Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion.
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://adaderana.lk
