The Sri Lanka Freedom Party has announced that the statement made by Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera in a television program that he got the ministerial positions of the current government with the approval of the party’s central committee is completely false.
This has been stated in an announcement issued by its Publicity Secretary Mr. Thisara Gunasinghe. The announcement is as follows. The press release. On the night of 23.08.2022, in the political program ‘Decision’ of the independent television service, a very false statement was made regarding Mahinda Amaraweera getting the ministerial position of the current government.
On April 11, 2022, we analyzed the facts at length in the Central Committee and Mr. Nimal Siripala also strongly stated that we will not get the ministership of a traditional government that has existed so far and we will support it only if an all-party government is formed on the terms presented by us as a party in the truest sense of the word.
Going beyond that, the Honorable President of the party also issued a clear press release on May 24, 2022 and stated that taking the ministerial positions of the current government is against the decision of the party central committee. It was a matter of surprise to all of us in the party central committee that Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera and Mr. Nimal Siripala got two cabinet minister positions at once in such a situation.
If the decision taken by Mr. Nimal Siripala and Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera against the party Central Committee, the Parliamentary Group, and the Politburo is such, then the statement on the program of the independent television service on the night of 23.08.2022 that they will get ministerial posts with the approval of the Party Central Committee is a very false statement. It is strongly stated that it is their personal decision and never the decision of the party. thank you To this Thisara Gunasinghe Publicity Secretary Sri Lanka Freedom Party
