{"id":189520,"date":"2018-04-05T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189520"},"modified":"2018-04-06T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:01:06","slug":"ranil-promises-a-new-journey-with-new-faces-in-a-restructured-unp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-promises-a-new-journey-with-new-faces-in-a-restructured-unp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Promises A New Journey, With New Faces In A Restructured UNP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister and leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing party loyalists at the UNP Headquarters, \u2018Sirikotha\u2019, today said he was pleased that the Government had scored a significant victory after three years.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ranil-Wickremesinghe-768x391.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe was referring to last night\u2019s defeat of the no-confidence motion brought against him by the Joint Opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further he said that the motion was brought not just against him but the Government as well and expressed his gratitude to everyone who helped defeat it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not embark on a new journey. We will completely restructure the party and give more opportunity for new faces. In this way we will get ready for the 2020 election. 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