Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka, whose
nomination to Parliament through the ruling United National Party
(UNP)’s national list has been challenged in the Supreme Court, was on
Thursday February 25,2016 sworn in as a Cabinet Minister.
Sarath Fonseka took oath
before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.
Sarath Fonseka became an MP earlier this month following a pact he signed as
the leader of the Democratic Party with the UNP to join a coalition.
The Centre for Policy Alternatives, a civil society organisation, has
moved the Supreme Court on the ground that as per a provision of the
Constitution, only a person whose name was included in the district
nomination papers or national list submitted by a political party
concerned could fill vacancy in Parliament
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