{"id":160153,"date":"2016-04-03T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=160153"},"modified":"2016-04-03T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:30:17","slug":"ranil-is-our-enemy-we-will-see-his-true-colours-next-week-dilan-perera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-is-our-enemy-we-will-see-his-true-colours-next-week-dilan-perera\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Is Our Enemy, We Will See His True Colours Next Week: Dilan Perera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State Minister of Highways <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dilan+Perera&amp;x=9&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dilan Perera<\/span><\/a> has categorized Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=11&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> as an \u2018enemy\u2019 of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63557\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/pissu-geni-baby-nona-this-eve-of-course-has-many-many-adams-weerawansa-dilan\/dilan-perera\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dilan-Perera.jpg\" alt=\"Dilan Perera\" width=\"200\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dilan Perera<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe SLFP must join hands and move forward. Ranil is an enemy to us, and we will see his true colours next week when he appoints the new committee members of the UNP,\u201d Perera said while addressing a gathering at Panduwasnuwara on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to claim that when the new UNP committee is appointed by Wickremesinghe, Kabir Hashim will lose his position within the party, while Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and Sagala Rathnayake will be appointed to top positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen there will be a group of UNPers who will lean towards President Maithripala Sirisena,\u201d Perera added, implying of a possibility where certain UNP members might join with Sirisena\u2019s SLFP.<\/p>\n<p>Perera\u2019s anti-Wickremesinghe claims come just days after he reportedly also called Wickremesinghe a rowdy, which has angered the UNP camp, with several UNP ministers expected to meet with President Sirisena next week demanding disciplinary action against Perera for making such a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that no minister from the UNP has made any negative remarks against Sirisena, and hence when there is a coalition government, it was unfair for some SLFP ministers to go around calling the Prime Minister names. \u201cIt also shows that they do not respect the Prime Minister, which doesn\u2019t look good on the government, as it is a national government,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Perera alleged that most of the country\u2019s politicians including former presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe were all power hungry. 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