Sirisena calls for unity at meet with SLFP electoral organisers

Thursday, 23 February 2017 00:36 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

A meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) electoral organisers was held at the President’s House yesterday.

During the meeting there were detailed discussions about contemporary political affairs and the progress of local development activities. Many suggestions were presented by the electoral organisers in this regard during the meeting.

The President pointed out the importance of working together to fulfill the responsibilities of the SLFP in the context of the present political situation and further stated that everyone should be committed to taking forward a qualitative, genuine political movement while giving the party mechanism a new victorious face.

Senior Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, senior members of the party, including Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister Duminda Dissanayake, UPFA General Secretary Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, Governors, Chief Ministers and others participated in the meeting.