Speaker refuses to recognise Wimal’s NFF as separate party

08 Mar, 2017

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today ruled?that he?will not recognise Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa’s National Freedom Front (NFF) as a separate political party in Parliament.

The NFF had announced recently it is no more part of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and so want to be given recognition as a separate political party in Parliament.

However the Speaker said that the NFF is not an elected political party and so cannot be recognised as a separate political party in Parliament.

Jayasuriya said that while?any member of Parliament can sit as an independent MP if they so wish, they cannot be recognised as part of a separate political party.

Weerawansa however demanded that he be given a second hearing over his request. (Colombo Gazette)

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