‘Only 24 hr. difference between my birth & SLFP’s birth’
- Tuesday, 25 November 2014
The legally appointed general secretary of the SLFP and common candidate Maithripala Sirisena says there is an inseparable relationship between the SLFP and himself, as there was a difference of less than 24 hours in his birth on 03 rd September 1951 and the birth of the SLFP on 02 nd September 1951. He says his removal from the SLFP and as the party’s general secretary has not been done legally, and that he will resort to court in the future against it.
He said so in a speech in front of Bandaranaike Samadhi in Horagolla today (25).
Mr. Sirisena said in response to questions raised by some as to where the government politicians tipped to cross over with him were now, that unbelievable things could happen very soon at the proper time.
He said he would hand in nominations on December 08 to contest the presidential election, adding that he would win the election that would take place on January 08, the day S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was born, and give a pledge in front of Bandaranaike Samadhi that he would work in accordance with the policies of the late premier.
Noting that he obtained SLFP membership at the age of 17 years, during the period of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, when he did not even have the voting rights, he said he has 47 long years as a member of the party. There is a conspiracy to erase the name of the Bandaranaikes from the party, and their portraits are being removed from the party headquarters, he said, adding that he wanted to tell those who are removing them that the images of the Bandaranaikes remain in the hearts of the true SLFPers.
He went onto say that he accepted the invitation by opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, political organizations and groups in order to fulfil a national duty.
Mr. Sirisena said he would not join the UNP or any other party, but would continue to remain as the common candidate under a common alliance, adding that political alliances were not new to the Sri Lankan people or to himself.
He recalled that when the United Alliance in 1970 and the People’s Alliance in 1994 formed governments, the affiliate political parties retained their different identities while joining together for a common programme.
