Colombo, Aug. 20 -- The ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka is scheduled to convene today Thursday, the 20th of August.vAmong those scheduled to take oaths as lawmakers' today (20) are Premalal Jayasekera a.k.a. Choka Malli and Sivenesathurai Chandrakanthan a.k.a. Pillayan, currently both held in the Welikada Prisons.

Jayasekera contested Ratnapura district on the SLPP ticket, whereas Chandrakanthan contested from the Batticaloa District while being in remand custody.

Permission has been granted in the case of Premlal Jayasekera, the newly elected Ratnapura Electoral District MP, who is in the 'Death Row', to attend the 1st session of the 9th parliament.

Premalal though being convicted by the Ratnapura High Court over killing in Kahawatte in...