Former President and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that opposition party leaders have been invited to attend the party’s September 6 (Saturday) annual convention, where they are to discuss the current political situation in the country.
Speaking on his return home from a stint in hospital after his arrest, remand and later bail, he told the Sunday Times that as a first step in ‘opposition unity’, the UNP would remove the suspension order against all its party members who left and joined the breakaway Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.
Mr. Wickremesinghe will make his first public appearance after his temporary incarceration last weekend and make a special statement during the party sessions, UNP sources said.
Read more in today's Sunday Times here:
Former President Ranil Wickremesighe was remanded till August 26 by Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura a short while ago.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested by the CID this afternoon in connection with the misuse of public funds.
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