President: SLFP lost LG polls due to allying with the UNP

President Maithripala Sirisena has reportedly told the Central Committee of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) that the party had to endure a dismal performance at the local polls only due to its political alignment with the United National Party (UNP).

He said everybody should give it a thought.

The President who addressed the party said all the major parties had been hit by factionalism.
"Nobody can single out a party unaffected by internal squabbles," he said.

He said the SLFP had been affected by division right from its heydays during the time of the late Prime Minister S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike.(Kelum Bandara)