Certain parliamentarians representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have decided to form an internal faction within the party, informed political sources said.
Accordingly, SLFP MPs Mahinda Amaraweera, Duminda Dissanayake, Vijith Vijithamuni Soyza, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Weerakumara Dissanayake, Faizer Mustapha, Dushmantha Mithrapala, Indika Bandaranayake, Lakshman Seneviratne, Kader Masthan, Sriyani Wijewickrema and a few others have grouped themselves together to form an alliance known as “Friends of January 08”.
Sources added that they will stand by the contours of the January 8 revolution and as such, will work towards protecting the promises made by the good governance regime prior to being elected in 2015.
The group have so far rejected offers to join Basil Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), sources added.
It is further reported that they have named SLFP MP Duminda Dissanayake as the convener of this faction.
They also said that a meeting of this faction was held at the residence of parliamentarian Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday (15), and had decided to function within the party while abiding by the policies and objectives of the SLFP.
However, it has not yet been decided whether this faction would join the new government that would be formed after the swearing-in ceremony of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, today (16).
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