Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva and Susil Premachandra, and UNP Parliamentarians Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya, John Amaratunga, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Rukman Senanayake, Milinda Moragoda, Ravi Karunanayake, and former UNP chairman Malik Samarawickrama were also present.