Piyasena Gamage takes oaths replacing Geetha

Piyasena Gamage takes oaths replacing Geetha

November 10, 2017   09:52 am

By Manushi Silva

Piyasena Gamage was sworn in as Galle District MP a short while ago, to fill the vacant position created by  the removal of Former UPFA MP Geetha Kumarasinghe.

Gamage was next in line after Galle district parliamentarian Geetha Kumarasinghe who was disqualified by the Supreme Court for holding dual citizenship.

Piyasena Gamage received the seventh highest number of preferential votes on the UPFA Galle District list.

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