Two more defeated parliamentarians took oaths on the 23 rd as M.P.s.On e of them is the UPFA defeated Badulla district candidate former minister for sugar , Lakshman Seneviratne
The UPFA lost all its seats in Badulla , and Chamara Sampath Dassanayake of the UPFA who was elected in Badulla , at president’s request resigned and went back to Uva provincial council to be sworn in as chief minister.
Lakshman Seneviratne was appointed as M.P. to fill that vacancy.
The other defeated candidate who took oaths is , Bimal Ratnayake J.V.P.
Ratnayake filled the vacancy that arose following the resignation of Sarathchandra Mayadunne the national list JVP M.P. Ratnayake was appointed as the JVP national list M.P. It is noteworthy that Ratnayake is another defeated M.P.
Along with them another M.P took oaths on 23 rd before speaker Karu Jayasuriya. He is UNP M.P. Palitha Thevaraperuma . He could not take his oaths earlier because he did not attend the parliamentary sessions consequent upon his son’s death.
