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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

UNP National List MP Dr.Jayampathy Wikramaratna Has Resigned -Trade Unionist SAman Ratnapriya To Replace Him

United National Party (UNP) National

List MP Dr.Jayampathy Wikramaratna has today (22)resigned from his MP Post citing personal reasons.

After receiving his resignation letter General Secretary of the Parliament Dhammika Dissanayake had informed the Chairman of National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya that a Parliamentary seat is currently vacant .

Meanwhile United National Party has today decided to nominate Trade unionist and the president of the Government Nursing Officers Union Saman Ratnapriya as a National List MP to replace the Dr
Wikramaratna according to UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam .

MP Ranjan Ramanayake Had Handed Over Five CD's Containing Telephone Conversations To The Parliament

Remanded United National Party MP

Ranjan Ramanayake had handed over five original CD's containing telephone conversations between him and Higher officials including Parliamentarians to the Parliament accordance to a promise he had given during his speech in Parliament, this evening (22) accordance to the Parliamentary sources .

The five CD'S handed over by the MP Ramanayake had been handed over to the Hanzard Editor and he is due to enter them to the library list it has been reported .

Earlier MP Ramanayake had requested the Parliament to grant him bail for two days to enable him to getting the CD's containing telephone conversations stored in a security locker of a private bank in view of handing over them to Parliament.

MP Ramanayake has revealed the corrupt activities of many MP's and some heads of electronic Media channels supporting the present government and who were behind the leaking of some controversial audio clips to the social media saying MP Ramanayake had recorded them .