{"id":110490,"date":"2013-10-15T21:19:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=110490"},"modified":"2013-10-15T21:19:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:49:40","slug":"leadership-council-powers-discussed-at-ranil-karu-sajith-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/leadership-council-powers-discussed-at-ranil-karu-sajith-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Council Powers Discussed At Ranil-Karu-Sajith Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Powers to be delegated to the leadership council that is being proposed to end the crisis in the UNP were discussed when UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa this evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/vote-rigging-deshamnya-inayapaarathi-sri-lankan-media-and-the-opposition\/karu_sajit-ranil-colombotelegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2596\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2596\" title=\"Karu_Sajit Ranil colombotelegraph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu_sajit-ranil-colombotelegraph-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu_sajit-ranil-colombotelegraph-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/karu_sajit-ranil-colombotelegraph.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The meeting concluded a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe spelled out the functions of the Council and delegation of powers from the current party leader position during the meeting, Colombo Telegraph learns.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the United Bhikku Front, a group of monks affiliated to the UNP has suggested that the UNP Leader be assigned the position Senior Leader. Wickremesinghe told the monks and Jayasuriya and Premadasa during the meeting that the proposal would be put to the party&#8217;s working committee at its next meeting for decision.<\/p>\n<p>Related psosts;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Ranil-Sajith-Karu Meet To discuss Leadership Council Formula Today\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-sajith-karu-meet-to-discuss-leadership-council-formula-today\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ranil-Sajith-Karu Meet To discuss Leadership Council Formula Today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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