Hon.
Prasanna Ranaweera
MP
Member of Parliament
for Gampaha District
Assumed office
1 September 2015
Majority112,395 Preferential Votes
Personal details
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Professionpolitician

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.

References

  1. ^ "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Thewarapperuma and Ranaweera suspended from Parliament for a week".
  4. ^ "Unruly behaviour: MP Ranaweera summoned by P'ment Privilege Committee". Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Brawl breaks out in Sri Lanka parliament". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Chaotic Sri Lankan parliamentary sittings". The Australian. 17 November 2018.


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