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MR, CBK in SLFP top team to prepare for polls
View(s):The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday appointed a top level committee to advise the party and spearhead the parliamentary election campaign.
The appointments were made during the party’s executive committee meeting.
The committee headed by President Maithripala Sirisena will include former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, former Prime ministers D.M. Jayaratna and Ratnasiri Wickremanayke, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, former Minister Vishwa Warnapala and former Governor Alavi Moulana.
Both, Mr. Rajapaksa and Ms. Kumaratunga were not present when the appointments were made. They had excused themselves from the meeting.
Former Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa was named the General Secretary of the SLFP. Former Minister John Seneviratne was named as the Senior Vice President. Ten other Vice Presidents were also named.
The party also appointed former Minister Susil Premajayantha as the National Organiser, replacing Basil Rajapaksa, while former senior minister S.B. Nawinna was appointed as Treasurer. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, who was a vice president, was appointed only as a Central Committee member.