Former General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake says he is ready to join to party once again to set it on a path of victory in the face of the recent defeat faced by the party at the LG polls.
Attanayake made this comments to isis.lk when asked regarding the reports that he is ready to join the party if he is appointed as its General Secretary once more.
Receiving invitations continuously
Speaking further Attanayake said already several senior members of the party has approached him while the pressure from within the party on him to join the party has increased after the recent set back of the UNP.
Party became limited to Colombo
According to Attanayake, a great distance has been created between the party and the people with the party becoming limited to Colombo in recent times.
He said, therefore, the party needs to move away from its ‘Colombo Only’ mentality and restructure the party completely to avoid a further fiasco.
Those subjected to revenge being ignored an issue!
There are many activists who have been subjected to political vengeance for having been UNPers for decades, but the party has not acted to give any justice to the party after three years Attanayake said.
According to him witnessing how the party treats it supporters new members have been reluctant to join the party.
Party leaders distanced from grass root members
He also said that the party leaders should be close to the grassroots level members but instead many had distanced themselves from the grassroots supporters in the recent past which have led to its downfall.
Tissa - Karu phone conversation
Meanwhile, unofficial sources say a long phone conversation has taken place just a while ago between Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Attanayake.
According to the sources, the defeat of the United National Party and the future steps of the party were discussed during this conversation.
Sources claim the UNP will see drastic changes in the coming days.
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