25 September 2024 08:39 am Views - 335
By Kelum Bandara
New National People’s Power (NPP) MP Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi could not be appointed a Cabinet minister yesterday because the Attorney General opined against it since he is yet to be sworn in Parliament, Daily Mirror learns.
He was appointed filling the vacancy created after Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as the President. Mr. Nipuna Arachchi is next in line of the list of preferential votes of the Colombo District at the last General Election. The government consulted the Attorney General to see the possibility of appointing him as a Cabinet minister. However, he opined against it since he is yet to take oaths.