{"id":153499,"date":"2015-11-16T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=153499"},"modified":"2015-11-16T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:16:07","slug":"remove-sirisena-from-upfa-chairmanship-coalition-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/remove-sirisena-from-upfa-chairmanship-coalition-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Sirisena From UPFA Chairmanship: Coalition Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Close on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/remove-sirisena-from-party-chairmanship-slfp-rebels\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">several SLFP stalwarts calling for the removal<\/span><\/a> of President Maithripala Sirisena as the party Chairman, the leaders of other parties in the UPFA too said that Sirisena should not lead the coalition at the upcoming local authority polls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Maithripala2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-152076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Maithripala2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Maithripala\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Maithripala2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Maithripala2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila told media today that all affiliated parties, other than the UPFA want Sirisena removed.<\/p>\n<p>Gammanpila said that his party would not be part of the UPFA or support the coalition in future polls as long as Sirisena remains as the UPFA leader.<\/p>\n<p>Gammanpila went on to state that a majority of the SLFP members too want Sirisena ousted, although they dont come out in the open fearing the wrath of a president with executive powers.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that the UPFA will face certain defeat at upcoming local government polls if Sirisena leads the party.<\/p>\n<p>The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader observed that senior SLFP members including Prasanna Ranatunga, Kumara Welgama, Lohan Ratwatte, Vidura Wickremanayake have openly said that Sirisena should not lead the party.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Vasudeva Nanayakkara too said that Sirisena was the biggest hindrance to UPFA triumphing at future polls.<\/p>\n<p>Nanayakkara charged that Sirisena had hijacked both the SLFP and UPFA by appointing his stooges to key posts.<\/p>\n<p>The National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weeranawnsa too noted that UPFA had no future with Sirisena at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday Parliamentarians Lohan Ratwatte and Vidura Wickremanayake in two public forums had expressed similar feelings noting that Sirisena will not be able to lead SLFP to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile beleaguered Sirisena has called for an urgent meeting of the SLFP Central Committee on Tuesday and an Executive meeting on Friday in the backdrop of a mutiny against his leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":152076,"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-153499","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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