Saturday, 8 December 2001 |
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News Business Features Editorial Security Politics World Letters Sports Obituaries | Buddhist monk elected to Parliament For the first time in the Sri Lankan political history a Buddhist monk, Baddegama Samitha Thera who contested under the Galle District PA list has been elected to Parliament. Samitha Thera secured 42,120 preferencial votes. He was a member of the Southern Provincial Council. The Thera is a senior member of the LSSP. |
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