Election Commission to Call Citizenship Status of all Political Parties.

Followed by the discovery that New Democratic Front’s Chairman Shalila Munasingne was a foreign national, the Elections Commission had decided to call for details regarding the citizenship status of office bearers of all other political parties in the country.

The Commission met on October 19 to discuss the matter. Mr. Munsinghe is now in remand prison after being accused of money laundering he had allegedly committed as the Chairman of Litro Gas Company. After the discussion it was decided to seek the details related to the citizenship status of office bearers of all the registered political parties of Sri Lanka. There are 70 registered political parties in Sri Lanka currently.