Pro-reformists Working To Make Karu The Leader The pro-reforms group of the UNP has decided to continue with their programme to get Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya to replace Ranil Wickremasinghe as party leader. Members of the pro-reforms group met last Thursday (27) night at Southern Provincial Councilor and Attorney Maithri Gunaratne’s residence after the Working [...]
The pro-reforms group of the UNP has once again vowed action against the party leadership saying a change would be brought about in the party by the end of the year when the next party convention is scheduled to be held. The pro-reformists are now preparing for a final showdown at the party convention in [...]
Several senior government ministers and SLFP seniors who gathered at senior minister A. H. M. Fowzie’s residence at Bauddhaloka Mawatha on the night of the election after the killing of Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra clearly indicated their displeasure with several government members for the incident. Ministers Basil Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha, Deputy Minister Lasantha [...]
JVP Central Committee Not Met Since September 19 The JVP Central Committee (CC) is yet to meet following the split in the party last month. The party’s CC is yet to meet after it met last on September 28. The JVP leadership has said that the action to be taken against the dissidents would be [...]
Plans to hold a national rally The JVP seniors have decided to re-commence their campaign against the government after weeks of silence due to the internal crisis. The party has decided to hold a massive national rally as the first step towards recovery. The party leadership is also considering looking at whether certain Western forces [...]
The split in the JVP following the internal crisis has trickled down to groups and organizations affiliated to the party. The key organization of the JVP trade union wing led by politburo member K.D. Lalkantha has extended its support to the moderate group led by JVP Leader Somawansa Amerasinghe. In fact it is the members [...]
Muslim political leaders ignored US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake’s failure to meet with any Muslim political leaders during his recent visit to Sri Lanka is being criticized by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). The SLMC High Command is to decide whether to officially raise objections with the US Embassy in Colombo on [...]
The JVP Rebels Approach JVP Defectors In Government The JVP is facing another crisis with several party members agitating to summon a party convention calling for changes in the party’s decision making bodies. The crisis has been the result of several party members being left out of the party’s politburo when the central committee following [...]
A main constituent party in the governing UPFA, the JHU has become a discomforting factor for the President and the government given some of the policies of the party that are in direct conflict with the government’s stances. JHU sources say the party would not change its stances and priorities to please the President or [...]
NFF Leader and Minister Wimal Weerawansa is under fire by the UPFA Western Provincial Councilors and Kaduwela Municipal Councilors. The agitation by some senior SLFP members in the Kaduwela electorate against Weerawansa has posed a problem to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Senior SLFP members say that Weerawansa would have to [...]
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