COLOMBO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's detained former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka is to attend the openning session of the new parliament and debut as a legislator on Thursday, party officials said.
"We have been told that all arrangements have been made to bring General Fonseka to parliament. So he will be there," said Vijitha Herath, General Secretary of Fonseka's Democratic National Alliance (DNA) which won seven seats of the 225-member legislature in the April 8 election.
Fonseka was expected to be escorted to parliament by military officials for the inaugural session of the new parliament.
Fonseka was elected to be a Colombo district member of parliament.
Fonseka was defeated in the Jan. 26 presidential election and has been under military custody since Feb. 8.
He faced two court-martials on charges of indulging in politics while still in military service and impropriety in defence procurement.
He denies charges as political motivated.
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