Prasanna Ranaweera | |
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Member of Parliament for Gampaha District | |
Assumed office 1 September 2015 | |
Majority | 112,395 Preferential Votes |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Profession | politician |
Bulathwalage Prasanna Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected from Gampaha District in 2015,representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. [1] [2] He was suspended from parliament for a week on 5 May 2016 by the speaker over connection with the tense situation which erupted. [3]
Due to unruly behaviour in the parliament he was summoned by the Parliament Privilege committee in 2018. [4]
During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis,Ranaweera allegedly slapped a police officer inside the parliament. Video clips circulating on social media also showed him pouring liquid on the seat of the Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya [5] [6] prior to his arrival in to the chamber.
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