Professor Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa appointed as General Secretary of SLFP

COLOMBO (News 1^st) - Professor Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa has been appointed as the General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party. The decision was reached at the SLFP Central working committee meeting held at the Ape Gama premises in Battaramula this morning. The Office bearers of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party had also been dissolved as per the instructions of the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party President Maithripala Sirisena. Speaking to News 1^st Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa stated that he was unanimously appointed to the post of General Secretary. The Group of the 16 defectors also attended the Central working committee meeting.