Parliament appoints Sanjay Rajaratnam as new AG

21 May 2021 12:07 am Views - 725

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana 

Parliament council had approved the appointment of Sanjay Rajaratnam as the new  Attorney General, Parliament media unit said.  

The media unit, which quoted House Secretary-General Dhammika Dassanayake said yesterday that Mr. Rajaratnam was nominated to the post by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently.   In addition, the council had approved Sanjaya Jayawardena as a member of Central Bank Monetary Board, H. Jayantha as a member of Missing Persons Office and D. P. P. Fernando as a member of Reparation office.