United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa's name will be officially declared as Opposition Leader in Parliament on January 3, 2020, the Speaker’s Office said.
That would be when Parliament meets for the first time after the Presidential election.
Mr Premadasa’s name would be announced when sessions resume after a break at 1 pm following the first session during which President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will deliver his policy statement.
All parties which formed the previous UNP-led United National Front government will take their seats in the opposition when sittings begin.
The UNP's parliamentary group which met with its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today (Dec 5) nominated UNP Deputy Leader Premadasa's name for the post of Opposition Leader.
This decision had been conveyed to the Speaker through a letter by UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam this afternoon.
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