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SLPP VICTORY DROWNING IN LOSSES DUE TO DELAY RS. 70.00 PAGES 64 / SECTIONS 6 VOL. 02 – NO. 46 SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 NO HAPPY NO MAJOR HOURS AT THE PAYPAL SPORTS BAR PROGRESS »SEE PAGES 8 & 9 »SEE PAGE 2 »SEE BUSINESS PAGE 1 »SEE PAGE 5 For verified information on the GENERAL PREVENTIVE GUIDELINES COVID-19 LOCAL CASES COVID-19 CASES coronavirus (Covid-19) contact any of the IN THE WORLD following authorities ACTIVE CASES TOTAL CASES 1999 TOTAL CASES Health Promotion Bureau 2,839 Suwasariya Quarantine Unit 0112 112 705 19,308,441 Ambulance Service Epidemiology Unit 0112 695 112 DEATHS RECOVERED Govt. coronavirus hotline 0113071073 Wash hands with soap Wear a commercially Maintain a minimum Use gloves when shopping, Use traditional Sri Lankan Always wear a mask, avoid DEATHS RECOVERD 1990 for 40-60 seconds, or rub available mask/cloth mask distance of 1 metre using public transport, etc. greeting at all times crowded vehicles, maintain PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES hands with alcohol-based or a surgical mask if showing from others, especially in and discard into a lidded instead of handshaking, distance, and wash hands 11 2,541 718,592 12,397,744 Telephone 0114354854, 0114733600 Fax 0112333066, 0114354882 handrub for 20-30 seconds respiratory symptoms public places bin lined with a bag hugging, and/or kissing before and after travelling 287 Hotline 0113456200-4 Email [email protected] THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE CONFIRMED UP UNTIL 8.00 P.M. ON 07 AUGUST 2020 RanilBY OUR POLITICAL COLUMNIST A togroup of party seniors met at remainthe on the new leader, Wickremesinghe will Wijewardene, and Sagala Ratnayaka. UNP headquarters, Sirikotha, on Friday remain as the Party Leader. Following the party’s defeat and his United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil (7) morning to discuss the party’s current Among the seniors who met with failure to secure his own seat in the Ninth Wickremesinghe will not be stepping down situation following the outcome of the 2020 Wickremesinghe were Party General Parliament, Wickremesinghe last Thursday from the party following its unprecedented and general election, and an appointment of a new Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, (6) evening expressed his desire to step humiliating defeat at last week’s general election. leader has now been put on the backburner. Assistant Leader Ravi Karunanayake, and down from the party leadership. Therefore, until a decision is reached former MPs Vajira Abeywardena, Ruwan Contd. on page 2 MP ON DEATH ROW ELECTED Standing Orders SLPP awaits Cabinet handpicked to be amended The Parliament is to amend committees from wherever they verdict on MP by GR and MR its Standing Orders to introduce are in the country. We will also be that the new Cabinet will also not been decided as yet. new digital facilities such as video introducing video conferencing in BY MAHEESHA MUDUGAMUWA BY SARAH HANNAN Malli”, contested in last week’s be sworn in either on 12 or At the freshly concluded conferencing. Parliament,” Parliament Secretary election from the Ratnapura The new members to the 14 August as the gazette of parliamentary election, “We will be taking steps to make General Dhammika Dasanayake Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna District under the SLPP and Cabinet will be exclusively the National List members the ruling SLPP secured a a few changes in the Standing told The Sunday Morning. (SLPP) General Secretary managed to secure a seat in the selected by President Gotabaya selected by parties will only landslide victory as it won Orders so that members can join Contd. on page 2 Sagara Kariyawasam said Ninth Parliament by gaining Rajapaksa and Prime Minister be published on Monday (10). 145 seats with 6,853,693 that the party is awaiting the 104,237 preferential votes. Mahinda Rajapaksa from the However, at the time the votes (59.09%) while the hearing of their appeal request Even during the final campaign newly elected members of paper went to print, a date was Samaji Jana Balawegaya over the sentencing of Premalal meeting, Kariyawasam had Parliament (MPs) this week, not fixed by the Government (SJB), led by former Minister FIND YOUR DAILY Jayasekara, their party member assured the supporters that Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna for the swearing in of the Sajith Premadasa, won 54 who was elected with the second although Jayasekara was (SLPP) Secretary Sagara next Cabinet. When queried, parliamentary seats with ESSENTIALS THROUGH highest preferential vote count in sentenced to death, the legal team Kariyawasam said. Kariyawasam stressed that the 2,771,984 votes (23.90%). the Ratnapura District. of SLPP had furnished an appeal. He told The Sunday Morning number for the next Cabinet had Contd. on page 2 Jayasekara, alias “Choka Contd. on page 2 FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT Online registration topads.lk Elected stands at 3.77% VISIT z Six from SLPP zTwo from SJB z Three from National Lists for new MPs Female representation in the three have entered Parliament SLPP further alloted two slots BY SKANDHA GUNASEKARA so that MPs don’t have to come to www.topads.lk Ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka through National Lists so far. on its National List to female Parliament,” Parliament General stands at 11 MPs so far. There Out of the eight female candidates while the SJB alotted Parliament is to introduce an Secretary Dhammika Dasanayake were 12 female MPs in the candidates that were voted one. Out of the 212 seats that online registration system for new told The Sunday Morning. previous Parliament. in, six female members of were allocated for candidates MPs for the next Parliament, The He said the online portal would Eight female representatives Parliament were elected that contested this time, the Sunday Morning reliably learnt. be accessible once the Election were elected out of the 212 from the Sri Lanka Podujana eight female candidates that got “Earlier, all members had to Commission (EC) had issued the seats that were allocated for Peramuna (SLPP) while two elected represent 3.77% of the come to Parliament and give their relevant gazette declaring the new contestants at the recently were elected from the Samagi Ninth Parliament. particulars. This time, we will Parliament. STEPS concluded general election while Jana Balawegaya (SJB). 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Contd. on page 2 #fruit #deliveredtoyourdoorsteps WITH OUR READERS’ HEALTH IN MIND A SPECIAL ANTIMICROBIAL INK HAS BEEN USED IN THE PRINTING OF OUR NEWSPAPER 2 the sunday morning SPOTLIGHT/NEWS Sunday, August 9, 2020 PROPOSED SPORTS BAR AT WATERS EDGE No happy hours at the sports bar z NAO uncovers irregularities amounting to millions of rupees BY MAHEESHA MUDUGAMUWA Moreover, the land on which the building is situated is not owned by Water’s Edge Irregularities amounting to Ltd. 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