Sarath Fonseka, current leader of the Democratic Party and former Commander of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, will be receiving membership in the United National Party (UNP) this week.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe will be conveying membership to Fonseka this Thursday at the UNP Headquarters in Sirikotha. The Democratic Party will subsequently be dissolved.
This past February Fonseka was given the vacant UNP National List seat in parliament.
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