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Party membership of Susil and Anura Yapa suspended; UPFA election operations unit also removed from SLFP premises
The SLFP membership of Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Susil Premajayantha has also been suspended.
Letters informing them of this decision have been sent to them with the signatures of the Chairman of the SLFP President Maithripala Sirisena.
Accordingly Minister Duminda Dissanayake has been appointed as the Acting General Secretary of the SLFP while former minister Professor Vishwa Warnapala has been appointed as the General Secretary of the UPFA.
The letters sent to Susil Premajayantha and Anura Priyadharshana Yapa says that they have reportedly been acting against the reputation and sustainability of the party.
President Sirisena had also stated that they have been siding with groups acting against the Party leadership.