Ranil, Sajith make peace but political war in Uva
By Our Political Editor-Sunday, September 07, 2014
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After weeks of hemming and hawing, Sajith Premadasa will now become the Deputy Leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP).Their leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told a largely attended 63rd anniversary rally of the party in Passara that he would give prominence to Sajith Premadasa when appointing a Deputy Leader. He said that he had yesterday united the party with so many prominent leaders present on the stage. Among them were General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, Premadasa and Karu Jayasuriya, a one time Deputy Leader.
