The United National Party Working Committee decided to appoint Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to the Parliament through the national list, party spokesman Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said.

The Working Committee officially made this decision today, when it convened at the Sirikotha party headquarters. Highly placed UNP sources told Asian Mirror that the former Army Commander might take oaths as a Parliamentarian tomorrow. 

Fonseka will take the place vacated by the late Minister of Lands MKADS Gunawardene. He will also be given a Cabinet portfolio to overlook welfare of soldiers and their families, government sources also added. 

The UNP and the Democratic Party led by Fonseka came to a Working Agreement on February 3.