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Pro-Ranil SLPP group to hold rally at Hyde Park
.. two cabinet ministers to address the gathering
The New Alliance consisting of SLPP MPs backing President Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold its second public rally tomorrow (24) at Hyde Park Corner commencing at 2 pm. Two cabinet ministers, including the Education Minister who is also Leader of the House Susil Premjayantha will address the gathering.
The New Alliance launched its campaign last month from the JaEla electorate, where speakers assured the group would stand for measures to strengthen the economy.
Among the MPs listed to address the Hyde Park meeting are Minister Nalin Fernando and MPs, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Priyankara Jayaratne and Nimal Lanza.Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private secretary Sugeeswara Bandara has received appointment as New Alliance’s Colombo District chief organiser.
In the absence of the SLPP decision either to field a candidate of its own at the forthcoming presidential poll or declare its support to Ranil Wickremesinghe whom it elected President in July 2022 to complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s five-year term, a substantial group of MPs has extended support to the UNP leader, political sources said.The group included Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga, MP, and the SLPP’s Gampaha district strongman (SF)
It has been reported that former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne has been found dead at his residence in Athurugiriya this morning (17)
it is suspected that he may have taken his own life.
A heated argument broke out between Jaffna District MP Archchuna Ramanathan and Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar during the Kilinochchi District Coordination Committee meeting held yesterday (16).
A video footage of the incident shows the MP and the Minister engaging in a heated verbal exchange, following which a physical confrontation appeared to develop when the Minister attempted to grab files reportedly in the possession of MP Ramanathan.
“If you lay a hand on me, I’ll lay a hand on you too… got it?” Ramanathan is heard telling the Minister during the exchange.
Police and officials present at the meeting intervened to prevent the situation from escalating further.
The circumstances that led to the confrontation were not immediately clear.
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has filed an intervening petition before the Court of Appeal in connection with a petition filed by former head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, challenging his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act over investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
The Cardinal has sought permission from the court to make submissions in relation to Sallay’s petition and requested that it be dismissed.
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