{"id":117209,"date":"2013-12-21T13:20:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T07:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=117209"},"modified":"2014-01-02T23:04:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T17:34:31","slug":"sajith-endorses-unp-leadership-council-and-19-powers-at-party-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sajith-endorses-unp-leadership-council-and-19-powers-at-party-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajith Endorses UNP Leadership Council And 19 Powers At Party Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNP MP and former deputy leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sajith+Premadasa&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sajith Premadasa<\/span><\/a> who has refused to sit on the leadership council chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Karu+Jayasuriya&amp;x=13&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Karu Jayasuriya<\/span><\/a> criticising it as a cosmetic change that was a breach of the party\u2019s agreements with Buddhist monks stood up and voted to endorse the resolution to set up the Council and vest it with 19 key powers at the Party\u2019s 55th Annual Convention today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_109294\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sajith-premadasa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109294\" class=\" wp-image-109294 \" alt=\"Sajith Premadasa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sajith-premadasa.jpg\" width=\"142\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-109294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sajith Premadasa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Premadasa who was nominated to sit on the nine member Council by the Party\u2019s Working Committee has decided not to accept the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>However he stood up and voted to endorse one of four resolutions establishing the Leadership Council and also the 19 powers granted to it by the Working Committee that once vested it with the UNP Leader at Sirikotha today, observers said.<\/p>\n<p>He also voted in favour of three other resolutions that were put before the Convention today.<\/p>\n<p>The MP from Hambantota voted for the abolishing of the Presidency and the resolution that all UNP members would speak in one voice to ensure Party success. 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