UNP spells out plans for working committee

By Ananda Kannangara

The UNP on Friday revealed that members of various community organisations in the country, ranging from professional organisations to farmer and fishermen organisations will become part of its future working committee.

In addition to this, various other organisations such as women, University, trade unions and youth will also become representatives in the future UNP working committee.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told the `Sunday Observer' that all internal problems that had arisen within the party in the recent past were solved amicably. "However, as unanimously decided, the proposed `Political Reforms' will be completed within 100 days," he said.

He said that according to the new political reforms, the party leader has been empowered to appoint 15 members out of 117 in the working committee.

Asked how the UNP will help the Government to bring a lasting solution to the current ethnic conflict, Attanayake said that devolution of power is the only solution to resolve the national question, while introducing new economic reforms according to the MoU signed by the UNP with the SLFP last month.

He said various political parties could present different views on this most important crucial problem, but ultimately all parties will have to accept the system of devolution of power.

The General Secretary said that all party members who gathered at the party headquarters at Pitakotte last week agreed to follow the footsteps and ideologies of former party stalwarts such as D.S. Senanayake, Dudley Senanayake, J.R Jayewardene and R. Premadasa when taking decisions.