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Wide-ranging talks with Maha Sangha:
Major changes in UNP likely
The United Bhikkhu Front has initiated a program to
reunite all factions and reorganise the United National Party following
its humiliating defeat at the recent Provincial Council elections. The
Maha Sangha has held extensive discussions with the incumbent leader
Ranil Wickremesinghe and other party stalwarts including Imithiaz Bakeer
Markar who never deserted the party though he was stripped of all
positions.
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TNA rifts over ministry allocations aggravate
Rifts within the TNA over the allocation of
ministries has aggravated and the party leadership is unable to take a
final decision despite a series of meetings with leaders of the
constituent parties, informed sources said. Following meetings with
regional level leaders in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya last week,
party leader Rajavarodayam Sampanthan and Chief Minister designate C.V.
Vigneswaran met leaders of three constituent parties Dharmalingam
Sitharthan (PLOTE), Selvam Adaickalanathan (TELO) and Suresh
Premachandran (EPRLF) at the TNA headquarters in Bambalapitiya.
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Ranil under pressure to step down
The country's main Opposition party - the United
National Party (UNP) is set to undergo many changes after its latest
election defeat but the main demand of the party's rebel
parliamentarians - a change in the party leadership, is highly unlikely.
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Rapid development drive soon in Wayamba:
Wayamba PC to be exemplary - Chief Minister Dayasiri
The “Sonduru Minisa” image paved the way for
Dayasiri Jayasekara to be elected as the new Chief Minister of the
Wayamba Provincial Council, securing the highest number of preferential
votes ever obtained by a candidate at a Provincial Council Election.
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More PC seats for plantations
Elections Department sources and election monitors
said that the average percentage polled in the plantation areas was
about 70 percent while in some areas like Bogawantalawa and Kotagala it
had reached 80 percent,
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