LSSP Senior members decides to act independetly

(Lanka-e-News -26.Oct.2014, 10.30PM) The Central Committee of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) met today at the party Headquarters to consider three documents submitted to the central committee by three members of the committee.

After the discussion without any notice of a resolution a motion was proposed to support Mahinda Rajapaksha at the coming Presidential election.

Very senior members including Lal Wijenayake, Dr Jayampathi Wickramarathne, Prof  Vijayakumar ,S Ramanathan , Wimal Rodrigo , keerthi Kariyawasam  and Chamil perea protested as the resolution was moved without giving any notice to the members in advanced .  However the chairman put it to the vote amidst protest.

And the resolution was passed 25 members voting for and 13 members voting against.  The protesting members informed the Central Committee that they reject this decision of the Central Committee taken to support the President at the presidential election and that they will defy the decision and act independently to support a candidate who will stand for abolition of the executive presidential system. 

Many of the members who were opposed are very senior members of the party including those whose names were mentioned above.