Liberals & The Rajapaksa Familial Rule
Kamal Nissanka
The internal crisis in the Liberal Party further worsened as eleven members of the national committee are in favour of the “yahapalana Program” of theUnited National Front for Good Governance. Dr Sarath Buddhadasa, senior Vice President of the party who was mediating between the two factions surprisingly tendered his resignation from the national committee and the party on 28, 07.2015. With this move only two committee members remain with Dr Rajiva Wijesinha, who has included his name in the national list of UPFA without a duly signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Liberal Party and the United People’s Freedom Alliance. There are 15 elected members of the national committee of the Liberal Party.
The committee met on last Sunday (26.07.2015) decided to confer authority to Mr. Ananda Stephen (Deputy Secretary General) to sign the “Yahapalana Program” that was organized at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on 29. 07.2015. Hon Ranil Wickremesingheand Rev Maduluwawe Sobitha were the main signatories apart from over 100 organizations that endorsed the document.
