{"id":108191,"date":"2013-09-30T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T08:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=108191"},"modified":"2013-10-04T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T15:02:18","slug":"unp-junior-mps-lobby-for-change-major-reorganisation-imminent-says-harsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-junior-mps-lobby-for-change-major-reorganisation-imminent-says-harsha\/","title":{"rendered":"UNP Junior MPs Lobby For Change, Major Reorganisation Imminent, Says Harsha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The main opposition United National Party that has suffered humiliating defeats at consecutive elections for over nine years with the exception of the 2011 Colombo Municipal Council election will soon see &#8220;major reorganisation&#8221; says its national list legislator Dr. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Harsha+De+Silva&amp;x=9&amp;y=3\">Harsha De Silva<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108192\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/unp-junior-mps-lobby-for-change-major-reorganisation-imminent-says-harsha\/harsha-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108192\" class=\" wp-image-108192 \" title=\"Harsha\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Harsha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-108192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harsha<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Posting an update on his Facebook account, De Silva said that the party&#8217;s more junior members of Parliament had presented its suggestions to Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on September 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The discussion was brutally honest and to the point. 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