Duminda Silva


 Duminda Silva
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Colombo District
Incumbent
Assumed office
2010
Member of Western Provincial Council
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Political party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		 United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence 40/8 Perera Mawatha, Pelawatta, Battaramulla
Religion Roman Catholic
Website rdumindhasilva.com

Duminda Silva, also known as Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva and R. Dumindha Silva, is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1][2] He is the brother of Raynor Silva, managing director of Asia Broadcasting Corporation, which operates a number of radio stations in Sri Lanka.[3]

Political career

In the July 2004 provincial council election, Silva was elected to represent Colombo District in the Western Provincial Council.[4] He defected from the United National Party to the United People's Freedom Alliance in November 2007.[3] The UNP accused Silva of defecting to the UPFA in the hope that the criminal cases against him would not be pursed and the Asia Broadcasting Corporation's broadcasting licence would be restored.[5]

Silva was re-elected in the April 2009 provincial council election.[2]

In the April 2010 parliamentary election Silva was elected to represent the Colombo District in Parliament.[6]

Shooting

During the 2011 local elections, Silva sustained injuries from a shooting and was hospitalized. As a result of the gunfire, former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra in Mulleriyawa and three others were killed. On November 15, 2011, a magistrate ordered Silva's arrest for the killing of Premachandra.[7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "R. Dumindha Silva". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=3125. 
  2. ^ a b "Preferences Colombo". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/PrefColombo.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b "Political horse deals rule the day". The Nation, Sri Lanka. 18 November 2007. http://www.nation.lk/2007/11/18/politics1.htm. 
  4. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf. 
  5. ^ Jabbar, Zacki (14 November 2007). "Duminda joined Govt. to protect family business, personal interests – Attanayake". The Island, Sri Lanka. http://www.island.lk/2007/11/14/news29.html. 
  6. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Colombo Preferences". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Colombo_pref_GE2010.pdf. 
  7. ^ "Local Government Election violence - 2011 Colombo Municipality". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/10/111010_bharatha_firearms.shtml. 
  8. ^ "Bharatha killed, Duminda injured in shooting". The Sunday Leader. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/10/08/bharatha-killed-duminda-injured-in-shooting. 
  9. ^ "'Duminda Silva shot Bharatha Lakshman'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/10/111012_police.shtml. 
  10. ^ "Court orders CID to arrest Duminda Silva". TimesOnline. November 15, 20112. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12884:court-orders-cid-to-arrest-duminda-silva&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=547. Retrieved November 15, 2011.