Seventeen former Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha members from the SLPP have announced their support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election after meeting with UNP Assistant Leader Akila Viraj Kariyawasam.
Appointment letters were presented to the newly appointed UNP District Organizers at the party’s headquarters, yesterday (19), with President Wickremesinghe present.
MP Ishak Rahuman, and former MPs P. Harrison and W. B. Ekanayake were assigned as District Organizers for Anuradhapura.
Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, formerly with the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), was named as the Colombo District UNP Organizer, while former Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigamage was appointed as the Galle District UNP Organizer.
In total, 295 new District and Electoral Organizers were appointed.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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