Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has been nominated to the National List seat of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB). The Election Commission (EC) has been informed of the relevant decision reached by the politburo of the JJB, Party Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said. Dr. Amarasuriya is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL). She is also a member of the education policy-making committee of the National Intellectuals Organisation (NIO). Further, Dr. Amarasuriya has served as the Secretary of the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA).