SLFP package

8 September 2010 09:00 am

By Indika Sri Aravinda                                                                                 


The UNP members who extended support for the 18th amendment to the constitution will be roped into the government and offered SLFP membership, Prime Minister D.M Jayaratna told Daily Mirror online.

The Premier said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet the rebel 16 UNP Parliamentarians to make the offer for their consideration in the event they are removed from the UNP.

The UNP has already said that disciplinary action will be taken against any UNP member who votes with the government at today’s debate on the constitutional reforms, and will also not hesitate to remove them from the party.

Prime Minister Jayaratna however says SLFP membership will be offered to these UNP members if they are willing to accept it even if they are not removed from the party as threatened by the UNP leadership.

Among the UNP members who have decided to vote with the government for the constitutional reforms today include Lakshman Seniviratna, Earl Gunasekera, Manusha Nanayakara and Upeksha Swarnamali. (Daily Mirror online)