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UNP TREASURER RESIGNS AND THE DEMOCRATIC WING OF PARTY ANNOUNCES A SECOND LAW SUITE OVER MOU WITH MANGALABy Walter JayawardhanaAs an immediate repercussion to United National Party(UNP) leader Ranil
Wickremesinghes decision to sign a Memorandum of Understanding
with Mangala Samaraweera the UNP treasurer has resigned and the UNP
Democratic Wing has announced that it would file a second law suite
against what it called the leaders arbitrary decision.
Thilak Karunaratne, the treasurer of the UNP said he has resigned from
his party positions as the treasurer, working committee member and party
member in protest against the leader Ranil Wickremesinghes arbitrary
decision to sign a memorandum of Understanding with the Mangala Samaraweera
wing of the S.LF.P. He said he was shocked by the statements made by the party leader devaluing
the military victories of the Sri Lankan armed forces and his recent
statements insulting the Buddhist monks. He was referring to UNP leader
Ranil Wickremesinghes statement that the Buddhist monks in the
parliament belonged to a Duseela Samagama or a company
of corrupt conduct. He is believed to be joining the Democratic Wing of the United National
Party led by Karu Jayasuriya, who are now part of the Mahinda Rajapaksa
government. UNP to form the Sihala Urumaya and later JHU but disagreements with
certain elements of the party led him to rejoin the UNP. Karunaratne has said it was an arbitrary decision on the part of the
leader to sign a MOU with Mangala Samaraweera, and the party leader
failed to discuss the matter in the party working committee, or any
other body before making that decision . Meanwhile , Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena , of the Democratic Wing of the
UNP said, they would file a second case against the decision to sign
a MOU with the SLFP (Peoples wing) without consulting any other
party official or party body like the working committee , the executive
committee or a party conference. He said party President Rukman Senanayaka,
Party Secretary Tissa Attanayaka or National Organizer S. B.Dissanayaka
did not know until the signing of the MOU was announced. He said before the rally Ranil Wickremesinghe held with Mangala Samaraweera
it had been boasted that 15 government parliamentarians would get on
the platform but none did. It had been boasted that they would bring
five hundred thousand to show their strength but only a meager 15,000
came for the rally. They knew people were not coming and that was the
reason why the UNP that customarily take Municipal Council grounds went
to Hyde Park. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said the people like M.H.Mohamed and Gamini
Lokuge who used to bring crowds to the UNP rallies were with the government
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