S.C. Muthukumarana of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was sworn in as a Member of Parliament today (March 05).
The new MP took oaths before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena shortly after the parliamentary session kicked off this morning.
Muthukumarana, who was next in line on the SLPP list for the Anuradhapura District, was appointed to fill the MP seat left vacant after the resignation of MP Uddika Premarathne.
Premarathne had tendered his resignation to the Deputy General Secretary of Parliament on February 27 for reasons yet to be made public.
Later, in accordance with Section 64(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981, the Secretary General of Parliament informed the Election Commission’s chairman, in writing, of the vacancy in the House.
Born in 1953, Muthukumarana embarked on active politics in 1977. He was elected to the Kalawewa ‘Pradeshiya Sabha’ in 1991 and was also elected to the North Central Provincial Council in 1993 and 1999.
He has also served as the Vice President of the Kalawewa Divisional Branch of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Muthukumarana also held the position of Minister of Agriculture in the North Central Province in 2000. In 2010, he was elected to the 7th Parliament from Anuradhapura District, contesting from the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
