50 SLFP MPs want Dinesh as Opp. Leader: Vasu

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UPFA MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara today said about 50 Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs had signed a document to be submitted to the Speaker of the House requesting MP Dinesh Gunwardane be appointed as the Opposition Leader.

He said the signatures have been collected since Wednesday.

“The Parliamentarians want a new Opposition Leader to speak on behalf of them against the coalition government of the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),” he said.

MP Nanayakkara on Monday proposed MP Gunawardane to be appointed as the Opposition Leader claiming it was unethical for the SLFP to hold both Cabinet Ministerial posts as well as the position of the Opposition Leader.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said on Tuesday he was also in a dilemma regarding the Opposition Leader’s post, and that he would give his ruling in the near future. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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