Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa will be given a more prominent role in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) announced the party’s general secretary on Tuesday.
SLFP General Secretary Duminda DIssanayake said that there was no need for the SLFP to work as two groups, adding that Mahinda Rajapaksa had a responsibility to ensure that he SLFP wins future elections.
Noting that President Maithripala Sirisena had given SLFP members freedom to sit with the government or opposition, Mr Dissanayake stressed that in the future the SLFP would work as one group to contest in elections and not as two separate groups.
The SLFP has faced ongoing internal tensions between Sirisena supporters and Rajapaksa supporters, reports Colombo Gazette.
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