11.2.2008
Reggie Ranatunga, the father of cricket star-turned-politician
Arjuna Ranatunga, is to fill the parliamentary seat left
by the accidental death of Sripathy Sooriyarachchi.
Reggie
Ranatunga who is currently the Governor of the Sabaragamuwa
Provincial Council received 54,464 preferential votes
from the Gampaha District in the 2004 General Elections.
Sripathi
Sooriyarachchi, a former minister and a key figure in
the breakaway Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Mahajana) faction
and three others including one of his security guards
were killed when the car they were traveling veered off
the road and hit a tree.
Sripathy's
funeral will be held on Wednesday at the General Cemetery
in Borella.
Courtesy - CP