{"id":154137,"date":"2026-01-14T17:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154137"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:43:59","slug":"sjb-approves-continued-cooperation-talks-with-unp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/01\/14\/sjb-approves-continued-cooperation-talks-with-unp\/","title":{"rendered":"SJB approves continued cooperation talks with UNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202601\/1768398142_4885696_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"SJB+approves+continued+cooperation+talks+with+UNP\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombo District Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) stated that the party\u2019s Working Committee has granted approval to continue discussions on working together with the United National Party (UNP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the progress of the ongoing discussions with the UNP was briefed to the Working Committee by the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the SJB, Sajith Premadasa, and that approval was subsequently granted for future actions and continued discussions related to this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the MP stated that the Working Committee had also approved several measures to be taken regarding the importation of substandard coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Working Committee meeting also held extensive discussions on the decision to increase electricity tariffs in a manner that is unfair to consumers, and it was decided to take action against this decision through several channels, Mujibur Rahuman noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, discussions were held on strengthening the organizational activities of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya in line with the current political situation, as well as on measures to confront any challenges posed by the government in the future with strength as an effective opposition, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SJB Working Committee meeting was held yesterday (13) at the party\u2019s head office in Pitakotte, under the leadership of Opposition Leader and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Colombo District Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) stated that the party\u2019s Working Committee has granted approval to continue discussions on working together with the United National Party (UNP). He explained that the progress of the ongoing discussions with the UNP was briefed to the Working Committee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154138,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154137\/revisions\/154138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}