report in Daily FT, Apr 28, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has refuted media reports which claimed the party has joined a new alliance formed by the main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa. Issuing a statement yesterday, the SLFP admitted it attended a meeting between the SJB, other parties and groups in the Opposition on 24 April but said at no time did it agree to join…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 19, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sitting in the Parliamentary Opposition at present, has decided to vote against the proposed new Anti-Terrorism Bill when it is tabled in Parliament for debate, The Daily Morning learned. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (18), SLFP Senior Vice President, Prof. Rohana Luxman Piyadasa said that the SLFP Parliamentarians have taken a unanimous decision to vote against the said Bill. “The…
By R.M.W. Bandara in The Island, Dec 14, 2022Mahinda Rajapaksa, as President, undermined the values the SLFP and his successor, Maithripala Sirisena, destroyed what was left of the party, former president Chandrika Bandaranaike has said. “We need a government with a vision. Sri Lanka is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. We need to fix this,” she said, speaking in Kurungeala, yesterday. She said the youth had to enter politics in their…