Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has been appointed as the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Coordinating Secretary of the President’s Media Unit Wijeyananda Herath  said that the appointment was made by the Central Working Committee and the Executive committee of the SLFP.

The position became vacant with the decision taken by Maithripala Sirisena to contest the upcoming presidential elections as the common candidate.

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