UNP activists request for a new clean leaderships

COLOMBO (News 1^st) - Establishing leadership councils when the leadership of the party has been challenged is not a new trend to the UNP. We have seen a similar leadership council being appointed in 2013. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya was heading the leadership council and key members of the UNP were members of this leadership council as well. However, we remember how Sajith Premadasa and Thalatha Athukorala refrained from obtaining a position in this leadership council. Who appointed this leadership council back in the day? It was the working committee of the party. What happened to this leadership council of the United National Party? It was never included in the party constitution. And it kind of dissolved. And the problem was doused for a few more years. Now,

Minister Sagala Ratnayake mentioned that several committees have been appointed.

Final discussions are to be held with the leader of the UNP PM Ranil Wickremesinghe. So will he take a decision that is any different from the decisions he has taken when the leadership was challenged on previous occasions? That is the question.

National Organization to Protect the UNP of several districts had these to say...

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