report in Daily FT, Mar 28, 2023Claims poll will take place before December but fails to say what typeSays SLPP is prepared to face any election and all rifts within party will heal once an election is declared Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday hinted that an election will be held prior to the month of December this year. Rajapaksa during a visit to the Abhayarama Temple yesterday said he believes an election will be…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Jan 19, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should seek a fresh mandate if he intended to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. UNP leader Wickremesinghe couldn’t under any circumstances go ahead with his plans at the moment, the rebel SLPP National List lawmaker said. “The President shouldn’t forget that his responsibility is to complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s five-year term,” the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 17, 2022The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) recently alleged that the Lotus Tower has been leased to a Singaporean company, affiliated with former Governor of the Central Bank, Arjuna Mahendran, accused of perpetrating Treasury bond scams in Feb. 2015 and March 2016. The accusation was made by Badulla District lawmaker, Chaminda Wijesiri, in Parliament, during a question and answer session.Responding to the former UNPer’s allegation, Chief Government…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Dec 13, 2022SLPP Gen. Secy. says both parties policies’ should not be harmed, ready to lead any alliance for PCs Poll Stating that a relationship has been established between the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the United National Party (UNP), following the SLPP’s support to elect UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as President, SLPP General Secretary and MP Sagara Kariyawasam said that the SLPP is ready to work…