UNP Badulla District Parliamentarian Harin Fernando resigned from the Parliament a short while ago to contest the forthcoming Uva Provincial Council Elections.

Prior to his resignation, he made a speech in Parliament saying he had taken this historic decision in the greater interests of his party and his voters in the Badulla District.

“It is a hard decision to resign from this House and contest the provincial council elections as an opposition member.  It is an easy task for a ruling party member. On one occasion an opposition member resigned from Parliament but that was to contest an election on the government ticket. That is an easy decision. But, I am taking a serious and difficult decision,” he said apparently referring to the resignation of Dayasiri Jayasekara from the House as a UNP MP to contest the election on the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) ticket. (KB/YP)