{"id":132876,"date":"2014-11-13T13:26:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T07:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=132876"},"modified":"2014-11-13T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T07:56:15","slug":"lssp-affiliated-tus-defy-party-stance-to-support-mr-at-upcoming-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lssp-affiliated-tus-defy-party-stance-to-support-mr-at-upcoming-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"LSSP Affiliated TUs Defy Party Stance To Support MR At Upcoming Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two trade unions affiliated to the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=LSSP&amp;x=4&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LSSP<\/span><\/a>) &#8211; Ceylon Federation of Labour (CFL) and the Government Workers\u2019 Trade Union Federation (GWTUF) have disassociated themselves with the decision taken by the party few weeks ago to support President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=13&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> in his candidature for a third term at the upcoming presidential elections, pointing out they are not ready to support an individual who is interested in continuing the Executive Presidency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57430\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tissa-Vitharana1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57430 \" alt=\"Vitarana - LSSP Leader\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tissa-Vitharana1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tissa-Vitharana1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tissa-Vitharana1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tissa-Vitharana1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitarana &#8211; LSSP Leader<\/p><\/div>\n<p>CFL Chairman Percy Wickramasekara and GWTUF Chairman DMD Abeyrathne issuing a joint statement to express their stance on the LSSP decision have pointed out that it is disappointing that a party such as the LSSP and some of its affiliated trade unions have decided to support President Rajapaksa, since they have remained in the forefront in the battle against the Executive Presidential system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems that presently even those against the Executive Presidential system have decided to pledge their support to Mahinda Rajapaksa. 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