INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Election Commission has gazetted the name of Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi to fill the vacancy created in parliament following the election
of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the 9th executive President of Sri Lanka.Accordingly, Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi has been appointed to the
Elections after Anura Kumara Dissanayake.Earlier today (23), the Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs
Kushani Rohanadeera had informed the Chairman of the Election Commission in writing that Anura Kumara Dissanayake informed her under his
hand that he has resigned from his seat in Parliament with effect from today, since he has assumed duties as the President of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.The Secretary General has further stated in her letter that this notification has been made in terms of
Section 64 (1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act No
1 of 1981 as amended by the Elections (Special Provisions) Act No
35 of 1988, that a vacancy has occurred in the membership of the Ninth Parliament terms of the Article 66(c) of the Constitution.
