Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member Mujibur Rahman took oaths as a member of Parliament today.
Rahman was sworn in before the Speaker to fill the Parliamentary seat vacated by the disqualification of former State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage.
Diana Gamage was disqualified from Parliament after the Supreme Court ruled this week that she was not eligible to hold a seat in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The ruling was issued after taking up for consideration the petition that was filed challenging Gamage’s citizenship and right to hold a Parliamentary seat due to her British citizenship.
Following Gamage’s disqualification, the SJB proposed to nominate Mujibur Rahman via the party’s National List to fill the Parliamentary vacancy.
The SJB is entitled to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy in Parliament as Diana Gamage had entered the Parliament via the SJB’s National List. (Newswire)