President visits Parliament

Sandasen Marasinghe and Irangika Range

President Mahinda Rajapaksa

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday visited Parliament and attended Parliamentary sessions for a while.

The President arrived around 1.50 pm and was warmly welcomed by the ministers and members.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was in the chair. At the time of the President's arrival Minister Nirmala Kothalawala was responding to a question by UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara during the round of questions for oral answers.

President Rajapaksa left the chamber around 2.00 pm. According to the provisions of 18th Amendment to the Constitution the President should attend Parliament at least once in three months.