Joint Opposition (JO) parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wasantha Senanayake of the United National Party (UNP) have been found to be the MPs who least attended parliament in the last quarter.
Manthri.lk of Verite Research which evaluates performance of parliamentarians releasing a report this week revealed that of the 24 parliamentary sessions held between May - July 2018, the duo had only attended two sessions. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was also an MP found to be avoiding parliamentary sessions. According to manthri.lk he had only attended four sessions in the evaluated quarter.
Others joining him were UPFA MPs Premalal Jayasekara, Arumugam Thondaman and Lakshman Wasantha Perera.
However, despite not attending parliamentary sessions MP Namal Rajapaksa appeared to be active on social media particularly on Twitter during sitting days while also marking various other engagements such as foreign trips and numerous public meetings as well as social events. Parliament also had to be adjourned twice due to having no quorum in the last two months alone. Parliament requires twenty members including the Presiding Officer to be present at a session.