By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Sept 7, 2023Former President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday (06), said that threats to political leaders often came from their closest allies. Sirisena said so at the SLFP HQ in response to a question from a journalist on the decision to expel Dayasiri Jayasekera from the SLFP. Asked why he had removed one of his closest allies from the SLFP, Sirisena said, “These things…