{"id":110966,"date":"2013-10-20T21:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=110966"},"modified":"2013-10-26T16:56:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T11:26:50","slug":"kabir-to-be-made-unp-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/kabir-to-be-made-unp-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabir To Be Made UNP Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the main opposition United National Party mulls drastic changes to its leadership structure a decision has been reached to appoint Kegalle district parliamentarian <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kabir+Hashim&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">Kabir Hashim<\/a><\/span> the new chairman of the party, sources told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57660\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/fonseka-does-not-have-civic-rights-and-cannot-throw-challenge-to-anybody-unp\/kabirhashim\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-57660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57660\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-57660\" title=\"KabirHashim\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KabirHashim-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KabirHashim-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KabirHashim-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kabir Hashim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Current UNP chairman Gamini Jayawickrema Perera has expressed a willingness to resign to make way for sweeping changes to the party&#8217;s list of office bearers.<\/p>\n<p>Hashim is seen as a party man with the capacity to unite factions within the UNP.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment however is unlikely to be made until the leadership council is finalized by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremasinghe&amp;x=12&amp;y=6\">Ranil Wickremasinghe<\/a><\/span>, Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith premadasa trio and agreement can be reached by consensus. 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