Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed as Opposition Leader

Mahinda Rajapaksa is at parliament

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has informed the Parliament that UPFA MP Mahinda Rajapaksa had been appointed as the Opposition Leader replacing Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R Sampanthan a while ago.

Meanwhile UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera was appointed as the new Chief Opposition Whip replacing JVP Leader Anura Dissanayake.