Basil Rajapaksa’s name has been gazette by the Election Commission to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jayantha Ketagoda. Mr. Rajapaksa is scheduledtake oaths tomorrow.
The Gazette notification states thus
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT No. 1 OF 1981
Filling of a Vacancy under Section 64 (5)
WHEREAS the Secretary General of the Parliament has informed the Election Commission under Section 64(5) of the
Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981, as amended by Section 6 of the Elections (Special Provisions) Act, No. 35 of
1988, that a vacancy has occurred in the membership of Parliament by reason of the resignation of Mr. Ketagoda Gamage Jayantha Perera being a member nominated by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, a recognized political party, and declared elected as a Member of Parliament under Article 99A of the Constitution ;
And whereas the Secretary of that Political Party was required by the Election Commission under the aforesaid Section to nominate an eligible person to fill such vacancy ;
And whereas the Secretary of the aforesaid Political Party has nominated Mr. Basil Rohana Rajapaksa to fill such vacancy;
PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 07.07.2021 2A
Now therefore, the Election Commission, in the exercise of the powers conferred on the Commission by Section 64 (5) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 to be read together with the provisions of the Constitution of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, do hereby declare Mr. Basil Rohana Rajapaksa elected as a Member of Parliament to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of aforesaid Mr. Ketagoda Gamage Jayantha Perera
