Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is now looking at initiating disciplinary action against party members who had attended the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) convention on Sunday (11), but has remained silent on the action that would be taken against senior SLFPer, former President and incumbent Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa who has now officially assumed the post of SLPP Leader.
SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera says disciplinary action will be initiated against the party members who participated in the SLPP convention.
However, he says the initiation of disciplinary action against the SLFP members would be decided by the party’s central committee (CC) and that the CC is expected to meet soon.
The SLFP parliamentary group under the patronage of party leader, President Maithripala Sirisena last week made a unanimous decision not to attend the SLPP convention.
Nevertheless, several members including parliamentarians had violated the decision and attended the SLPP convention. Among the MPs are Sarath Amunugama, Dilan Perera and S.B. Dissanayake.
Meanwhile, in the event disciplinary action is initiated against, the SLFP would also have to take steps against SLFP Patron, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa. According to the SLFP Constitution, a party member automatically loses his party membership in the event he/she takes membership of another political party.
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