Sri Lanka, April 8 -- The Election Commission was informed that the Parliamentary Seat of MP Ranjan Ramanayake has been rendered vacant, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed the House yesterday (07).

The Secretary General of Parliament had informed the Chairman of the National Election Commission that Ranjan Ramanayake had ceased to be a Member of Parliament and accordingly there is a vacant Seat in Parliament with respect to the electoral district of Gampaha in terms of the Article 66 (d) of the Constitution, the Speaker announced.

This notice has been issued by the Secretary General of Parliament in terms of Section 64 (01) of the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 01 of 1981. Following the announcement, a heated argument broke out ...