President visits Parliament

Sandasen Marasinghe, Irangika Range and Disna Mudalige

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday visited Parliament and attended Parliamentary sessions for nearly half an hour. He arrived around 3.10 pm and was warmly welcomed by the Ministers and Members of Parliament.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was presiding. The debate on four bills, namely the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill, Notaries (Amendment) Bill, Registration of Documents (Amendment) Bill and Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Bill were in progress and UNP MP Eran Wickramaratne was delivering his speech at the time of the President's arrival.

President Rajapaksa left the chamber around 3.40 pm.

According to the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the President should attend Parliamentary sessions at least once in three months.