22 November 2018 01:57 am
Mr Dissanayake, who is the son-in-law of Speaker Jayasuriya, told a media briefing that no Member of Parliament could influence the Speaker.
“My politics and the politics of the Speaker are different. You may recall that Mr Jayasuriya joined the Government of Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and then came back to UNP but I did not follow him during that time,” Mr Dissanayake said.
“They say I am getting Mr Jayasuriya to promote me as the next leader of UNP but this is totally false,” he added.
Also, he said that he had informed the Mahanayake Theras that the common candidate, who they were going to field at the next Presidential Election, would be from the UNP. (Yohan Perera)
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