Duminda Dissanayake, Lasanta Alagiyawanna, and Mahinda Amaraweera have been expelled from the positiothey held in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, claiming to be ministers of the ruling party.
Accordingly, Duminda Dissanayake has been removed from the National Organizer of Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Lasantha Alagiyawanna from Treasurer, and Mahinda Amaraweera from the position of Senior Vice President of the party.
Mahiyangana SLFP Organizer KP Gunawardena was replaced as the post of National Organizer, former Minister of Western Provincial Council Hector Bethmage replaced Lasantha Alagiyawanna who was removed from the post of Treasurer, and Sarath Ekanayake replaced Mahinda Amaraweera who served as Senior Vice President of the party.
All the organizers and executive committee members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party were called to the party headquarters today (30) and the executive council took these decisions.
Maithripala Sirisena hinted at this decision earlier in Kandy. He said that the biggest obstacle to the building of the party was the people who went to the government and took the party’s positions after being greedy ministers and sued again.
Maithripala Sirisena said that he told this group, which came back to the party through a Supreme Court decision despite the party taking disciplinary measures, that they should not harass the party if the government cannot stay.
He said he respects the law but expects to resolve this perverse problem within the party this month.
However, following the party decision Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has told the media that expelled members would take legal action against the party decision.
