Duminda insists no move to take revenge on joint opposition

18 Aug, 2016

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake today insisted that there was no attempt being made to take revenge on SLFP members of the joint opposition.

Speaking to journalists today,?Dissanayake said that some of the changes made this week in the SLFP was part of a restructuring process of the SLFP.

He insisted that the removal of some SLFP organisers was not to take revenge on them for being part of the joint opposition but to strengthen the party.

He also noted that removing an SLFP member from a post does not mean they have been removed from the party.

Dissanayake also said that more changes are expected to be made in the future in the SLFP in order to prepare the party to face the next election.

The SLFP?General Secretary also said that all SLFP members will be invited for the SLFP?anniversary event in Kurunegala next month.

He said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is among those invited to attend the?anniversary event. (Colombo Gazette)

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