A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, May 4, 2017
Geetha Kumarasinghe loses her M.P. post ! Piyasena Gamage replaces her : UPFA loses one more M.P.!
(Lanka-e-News
- 03.April.2017, 11.00PM ) The appeal court delivered a verdict
revoking the parliamentary member post of Geetha Kumarasinghe , Galle
district M.P. of Rajapakse’s UPFA group. The court decided that Geetha
has no legal right to hold the post of M.P. (member of parliament) .
While the 19 th amendment to the constitution clearly stipulates that a
dual citizen cannot be a people ‘s representative in Sri Lanka’s (SL)
parliament , Geetha who is a citizen of SL as well as a citizen of
Switzerland yet contested the parliamentary elections in August 2015
unlawfully.
Following the exposure of the racket , a petition was filed in the
appeal court . The latter which heard the petition today (03) ,
delivered its verdict .
After the petition was filed Geetha withdrew her Switzerland citizenship
, but because at the time she contested elections she was a dual
citizen , the M.P. post was revoked.
Geetha was elected to parliament for the first time polling 63,955
votes. Under the law, her vacancy must be filled by the candidate who
polled the next highest preferential votes . That is by Piyasena Gamage
who polled 47,247 votes . Since Gamage is of Maithri’s camp , the UPFA
loses one more M.P.
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