No vote for UNP leader till WC slots filled
An election for the leadership of the main opposition UNP is unlikely to be held till December 31, since a number of vacancies for slots in the party’s apex Working Committee had not been filled, UNP General Secretary, Tissa Attanayake said yesterday.
He said a new party leader would not be elected until the vacancies for the working committee were filled.
“The remaining vacancies will be filled according to the party constitution by December 31,” Mr. Attanayake told a news briefing.
Nine provincial representatives, four trade union representatives, three professional representatives and five district representatives are yet to be appointed, according to the general secretary.
“Letters have been sent to provincial organisers by the UNP advisory committee headed by party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, about the vacancies and are awaiting the recommendations,” he said.
Mr. Attanayake said that district representatives for Trincomalee, Puttalm, Matale and Vanni are yet to be filled while a Colombo representative will be appointed after disciplinary action is taken
against MP Mohan Lal Grero who recently crossed-over to the government.
He said he had not received an official letter from party deputy leader, Karu Jayasuriya with regard to his decision to contest for the post of party leader.
“Anyone can contest for the party leadership under the party constitution, after the working committee announces the calling of applications,” he said.
The general secretary said the election for the leadership should be carried out while maintaining the unity within the party.
“The majority of the party members prefer a consensus but if there are contenders, a secret ballot vote will have to be conducted to elect a party leader,” he said.
Mr. Attanayake said he was bound by the party constitution not to reveal his personal opinion about a future UNP leader. “We cannot stabilise the UNP by kicking people out,” he said.
Courtesy: DM Online
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hey People dont forget sarath fonseka replresnt more than 40% of Sri lanka people and he was imprisoned not sudu Kody but for being acndidate of pesedency election these people are “dabalagena kelagahagannawa” mama dekapu ekama aya me aya thamai coz he fought for terrorism he was thd in the field but no Mahinda’s family they scalled sudda but without teir aids we can live hear most of the sri lankan prefer to go to Erou or Usa y? but i can say one thing majoriy of people who live in Sri Lanka are foolish big foolish Kaiwaruwa witharai. the war maght me over but i wll b short period the tamil once again calim up their rights may b after another 20 years it has been pridected by Government politician in interview in the suwarnaahini now evrything goes for one family wait and see we wll be begging soon no dought abot it
Ishan, please confine your comment to subject matter, ‘UNP leader election’, and not some drivel about SF’s character and threat to the nation from him through manipulation by CIA, Tamil diaspora and JVP, you know lttle about.
KJ will not win UNP leadership election. RW can creep back in, as the right person has not been nominated yet for party leadership.
This story of an election of a leader for UNP is a BIG farce or a VERY BIG joke! It is like a dog running after a cat and the cat when cornered climbs the nearest tree or wall and the dog after a futile attempts will growl and bark and finally raise one of its hind legs and wet the foot of the tree or the wall .That is the end of the fight.The docile cat in this case is our present leader RW.
Sincerely hope the UNP will not fall head-first into the trap set up by the Blue Brothers.
I reproduce my blog from the “leadership struggle intensifies” news item:
“The fact that Sajith Premadasa wrote his letter of invitation to Karu Jayasooriya inviting him to contest the leadership was on the day following the ‘release Foseka’ demonstration conducted by the UNP.
The recent “succesful” release Fonseka demonstration and Fonseka family reaching out to the White House appears to have rattled powerful persons.
We really do not know who is sleeping with whom in this nasty political environment”