Parliament : A family affair?

COLOMBO (News1st): Several parliamentarians elected at this year's election have family ties to present or former politicians, a News 1st report has shown. The newly-elected lawmakers with these ties are as follows;

1. Namal Rajapaksa - Son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
2. Chamal Rajapaksa - Brother of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
3. Nipuna Ranawaka - Nephew of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
4. Shasheendra Rajapaksa - Son of Chamal Rajapaksa
5. Sajith Premadasa - Son of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa
6. Yadamani Gunawardana - Son of Dinesh Gunawardena
7. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon and son Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon
8. Kanchana Wijesekera - Son of former minister Mahinda Wijesekera
9. Kanaka Herath - Son of former chief minister Maheepala Herath
10. Anuradha Jayaratne - Son of late Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne
11. Dilum Amunugama - Nephew of Dr Sarath Amunugama
12. Vidura Wickremanayake - Son of late Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
13. Lohan Ratwatte - Son of late minister Anuruddha Ratwatte
14. Kavinda Jayawardana - Son of late minister Dr Jayalath Jayawardana
15. Duminda Dissanayake - Son of late chief minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake
16. Prasanna Ranatunga - Son of former minister Reggie Ranatunga
17. Dr Ramesh Pathirana - Son of late minister Dr Richard Pathirana
18. Muditha Prishanthi - Wife of  late parliamentarian Ranjith Zoysa
19. Isuru Dodamgoda - Son of late minister Amarasiri Dodamgoda
20. Chandima Weerakkody - Son of late minister Amarasiri Dodamgoda's sister
21. Kins Nelson - Son of late deputy minister H.J.P. Nelson
22. Akila Ellawala - Son of late chief minister Mohan Saliya Ellawala
23. Pavithra Wanniarachchi - Daughter of former deputy minister Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi
24. Jeewan Thondaman - Son of late minister Arumugam Thondaman
25. Waruna Liyanage - Son of late parliamentarian Heenmahathmaya Liyanage
26. Thalatha Athukorale - Sister of late minister Gamini Athukorale
27. Harshana Rajakaruna - Son of former minister Sarathchandra Rajakaruna
28. Rohini Kavirathna Wijeratne - Wife of late parliamentarian Sanjeewa Kavirathna
29. Tharaka Balasuriya - Son of former minister Dr Jagath Balasuriya and former governor Kumari Balasuriya
30. Asanka Nawarathna - Son of Ranjith Nawarathna, the founding secretary of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
31. D.V. Chanaka - Son of former provincial minister D.V. Upul
32. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam - Son of Kumar Ponnambalam, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress president
33. C.V. Vigneswaran - Relative of former minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara
34. Anupa Pasquel - Brother of late deputy minister Daya T. Pasquel
35. Gayantha Karunathilaka - Son of late deputy minister Rupa Karunathilake
36. Thenuka Vidanagamage - Brother of former Uva provincial minister Anura Vidanagamage
37. Dushmantha Mithrapala - Son of late deputy minister H.R. Mithrapala
38. Suchith Sanjaya Perera - Son of late minister M. Vincent Perera
39. Priyankara Jayaratne - Son of late minister S.D.R. Jayaratne
40. Arundika Fernando - Nephew of former parliamentarian Godfrey Fernando
41. Niroshan Perera - Son of late minister Festus Perera
42. Abdul Haleem Mohamed - Son-in-law of late foreign minister A.C.S. Hameed
43. Shehan Semasinghe - Son of former deputy minister H.B. Semasinghe
44. J.C. Alawathuwala - Son of former deputy minister S.W. Alawathuwala
45. Kokila Harshani Gunawardana - Daughter of late provincial councillor Deshabandu Namal Gunawardana
46. Ranjan Ramanayake - Nephew of late Vijaya Kumaratunga, the leader of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
47. Sudarshani Fernandopulle - Wife of late minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
48. Professor Tissa Vitharana - Nephew of former finance minister Dr N.M. Perera
49. Manjula Dissanayake - Wife of late minister Salinda Dissanayake