Mahinda Samarasinghe resigns as MP; heads to Washington as Ambassador
Lalith Warnakumara, who got the next highest number of
preferential votes in the district, will fill the vacancy created by his
resignation.
The Secretary General of Parliament informed the Chairman of
the Election Commission that Samarasinghe has resigned from his post.
The notice was given by the SG of Parliament to the Chairman
of the Election Commission in terms of Section 64 (1) of the Parliamentary
Elections Act No. 1 of 1981. In his farewell speech in Parliament, Samarasinghe
thanked President Gotabaya
Rajapaksa for reposing his trust and confidence by
appointing him Ambassador to the major global political and economic power –
the US – at a critical juncture.
He will be concurrently accredited to Mexico and Trinidad
and Tobago.
Prior to his entry into politics, Samarasinghe served as
First Secretary in the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Canberra and as
Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in
Geneva.
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