Ms. Kushani Rohanadeera, General Secretary of the Parliament, informed the Election Commission yesterday (9) that the seat of former Environment Minister, and Member of Parliament, Mr. Nasir Ahmed, has become vacant. Sri Lanka Latest News
Thus, the next candidate in the Batticaloa district list of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is to be appointed to the vacancy by the Election Commission.
After Naseer Ahmed, the next candidate on the list is Ali Zaheer Maulana, a former Member of Parliament.
The gazette announcement regarding the appointment of the new MP is scheduled to be issued today and tomorrow.
On the 6th, the Supreme Court ruled that the Supreme Court’s decision to remove Mr. Naseer Ahmed from the membership of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress was correct.