Shantha Bandara to fill Hizbullah’s parliamentary seat

Shantha Bandara to fill Hizbullah’s parliamentary seat

January 7, 2019   11:40 pm

A gazette has been published naming Shantha Bandara as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the United People’s Freedom Party (UPFA).

He will fill the parliamentary seat left vacant by the resignation of former MP M. L. A. M. Hizbullah.

Hizbullah was recently appointed as the new governor of the Eastern Province and accordingly, prior to the appointment he had handed over his resignation from his post as a Member of Parliament.

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