Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka Sworn in as a Cabinet Minister Thursday February 25,2016

 

Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka, whose nomination to Parliament through the ruling United National Party (UNP)’s national list has been challenged in the Supreme Court, was on Thursday  February 25,2016 sworn in as a Cabinet Minister.

Sarath Fonseka took oath before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.

Sarath Fonseka became an MP earlier this month following a pact he signed as the leader of the Democratic Party with the UNP to join a coalition. 

The Centre for Policy Alternatives, a civil society organisation, has moved the Supreme Court on the ground that as per a provision of the Constitution, only a person whose name was included in the district nomination papers or national list submitted by a political party concerned could fill vacancy in Parliament