Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is due to resign from Parliament tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Businessman Dhammika Perera is to be appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of National List MP Basil Rajapaksa.
Sources reveal that Dhammika Perera has also obtained Pohottu’s membership for that.
Concurrent with the nomination of Dhammika Perera as a National List Member of Parliament, he is to be given a cabinet post related to the economy. Political sources say that President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has also given his consent.
Prior to his resignation, Basil Rajapaksa is scheduled to hold a special media briefing tomorrow.
Sources from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna say that Basil Rajapaksa will continue to work full time for the party after resigning.