COLOMBO : Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member A.H.M. Fowzie, 85, took oaths as a Member of Parliament on Thursday, Feb 9.
Fowzie one time Colombo City Father and former minister took his oaths as MP before Speaker of the House Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
Fowzie was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman.
In January, Mujibur Rahuman stepped down as a Member of Parliament in order to contest for the post of Mayor of Colombo in the upcoming Local Government polls.