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[UPDATE] Disillusioned opposition stalwart SB joins Sri Lanka ruling party
Dissanayake addressing a media briefing now in progress at the Hotel Taj Samudra in Colombo has pledged to support the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the presidential polls and to do his utmost to defeat the opposition alliance candidate, retired military chief, General Sarath Fonseka.
The government media reported that Dissanayake has relinquished all his posts in the opposition party. Accordingly he has resigned from the posts of national organizer of the United National Party, leader of the opposition of the Central Provincial Council and the UNP chief organizer of the Walapane electorate.
Dissanayake, who was disgruntled with the opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe over the decision to support General Fonseka instead of fielding a candidate from the party, had a meeting with the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday at his residence in Hanguranketha.
According to a report in a Sri Lankan daily, Dissanayake summoned his supporters and made an emotional farewell speech following the meeting with the President.
The UNP strongman was not present at the party's 54th convention held at the Nawaloka Esplande in Welisara yesterday morning to introduce General Fonseka as the party's choice for president.
Dissanayake crossed over to the UNP in 2001 from SLFP during the Chandrika Kumaranatunga administration.
(Pictures by Sudath Silva)
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Dec 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party national organizer and opposition leader of the Central Provincial Council S.B. Dissanayake has joined the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance, the government media unit announced today.
