Ayub Asmin Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Ayub Asmin
Honorific-Suffix:MPC
Office1:Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Bonus Seat
Term Start1:11 October 2013
Party:Tamil National Alliance

Al Shaikh Ayub Asmin is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.

Asmin is a member of the People's Movement for Good Governance.[1]

Asmin contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mannar District but failed to get elected.[2] [3] He was nevertheless appointed to the Northern Provincial Council through the two bonus seats of TNA.[4] [5] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on the resettlement and rehabilitation of the province's Muslim population.[6] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Palakidnar. Ananth. Pillaiyan wants police, land powers for North. Ceylon Today. 28 September 2013. 3 November 2013. 4 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104173458/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-43684-news-detail-pillaiyan-wants-police-land-powers-for-north.html. dead.
  2. PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1). 6 August 2013. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1822/06. 2013-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092650/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1822_06/1822_6%28E%29.pdf. 2014-01-10. dead.
  3. News: Bastians. Dharisha. TNA names councillors for bonus seats. Daily FT. 30 September 2013. 2013-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014030505/http://www.ft.lk/2013/09/30/tna-names-councillors-for-bonus-seats/. 2013-10-14. dead.
  4. PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 61A(2) . 30 September 2013 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1830/13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092645/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Sep/1830_13/1830_13%20%28E%29.pdf . 10 January 2014 .
  5. News: TNA Spokesperson says selections made for bonus seats . . 29 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103050728/http://newsfirst.lk/english/node/29215 . 3 November 2013 .
  6. News: Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors. TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
  7. News: NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes. TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
  8. News: Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths . . 11 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080431/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/latest/38525-northern-provincial-council-tna-members-take-oaths.html . 2013-10-14 .