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Opposition now goes for House Leader post
Fresh from its victory over the post of Speaker, the joint parliamentary opposition is preparing to propose a candidate for the post of Leader of the House.

Opposition sources told The Sunday Times that the Leader of the House should be an MP who would command the support of the majority MPs in Parliament, and not necessarily the leader of the party with the single most seats in the House.

These sources said that the candidate so proposed would be someone other than UNF leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who would remain Leader of the Opposition.

The unprecedented step, if implemented, is bound to cripple the new UPFA government in Parliament - already hamstrung without a working majority or a Speaker of its choice.
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