Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed Parliament today that the Ballot Papers used in the secret ballot to elect then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the office of President on the 20 July 2022 have been destroyed.
The Speaker announced that the Ballots were destroyed by the Secretary-General of Parliament following the procedure in terms of the provisions of Section 18 of the said Act and with the approval of the Committee on Parliamentary Business held on 24 March 2023.