The 56th anniversary conference of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held at the BMICH today was an open depiction of party splits since the reproachful speeches delivered by the speakers.
A former General Secretary of SLFP J.R.P. Suriyapperuma who had earned the wrath of Bandaranaikes, delivered the keynote address.
Without mentioning the name of late Premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, he said that the leader who took the plough to hand after D.S. Senanayaka is current President Mahinda Rajapakse. Although the General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena mentioned the name of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, he attached his name to Ranil Wickramasinghe and said that the Opposition Leader had happened to talk under Mr. Bandaranaikes portrait.
President Mahinda Rajapakse said that the SLFP was a party that identified the pulse of the people and no one could go against it. Stating that SLFP is a party that is not belonged to a handful, he said that anybody could go up in the party but in the right path. Alluding to the SLFP-People's Wing, the President stated that nobody broke away from the SLFP were successful.
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike was invited to the conference but did not take part in it. Minister Anura Bandaranaike was also absent. Commenting to a private TV channel on her absence Mrs. Bandaranaike said that she was always a member of the SLFP and she did not take legal action against robbing her post of chairperson of the party since she loved the party. She said that she dropped the idea to attend the conference when she saw the name of the lone key orator.
Commenting on main speaker of the conference J.R.P. Suriyapperuma, she said that he was a person who earlier suggested to demolish the Bandaranaike memorial and to grow manioc there. She said he was a person sacked from the SLFP for insulting the former Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike and for betraying the party. The former President said that she could not attend a meeting addressed by a person like him who goes against the party policies due to his anti Tamil and anti Muslim extremism.
Challenging the conference held under the patronage of the President Mahinda Rajapakse, the former President said that the SLFP was on an anti-popular extremist path that is against the 55-year history of the party and she would attempt to correct it while being a member of the party.
A photo exhibition was held parallel to the conference and the official web site of the SLFP was also launched.
A former General Secretary of SLFP J.R.P. Suriyapperuma who had earned the wrath of Bandaranaikes, delivered the keynote address.
Without mentioning the name of late Premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, he said that the leader who took the plough to hand after D.S. Senanayaka is current President Mahinda Rajapakse. Although the General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena mentioned the name of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, he attached his name to Ranil Wickramasinghe and said that the Opposition Leader had happened to talk under Mr. Bandaranaikes portrait.
President Mahinda Rajapakse said that the SLFP was a party that identified the pulse of the people and no one could go against it. Stating that SLFP is a party that is not belonged to a handful, he said that anybody could go up in the party but in the right path. Alluding to the SLFP-People's Wing, the President stated that nobody broke away from the SLFP were successful.
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike was invited to the conference but did not take part in it. Minister Anura Bandaranaike was also absent. Commenting to a private TV channel on her absence Mrs. Bandaranaike said that she was always a member of the SLFP and she did not take legal action against robbing her post of chairperson of the party since she loved the party. She said that she dropped the idea to attend the conference when she saw the name of the lone key orator.
Commenting on main speaker of the conference J.R.P. Suriyapperuma, she said that he was a person who earlier suggested to demolish the Bandaranaike memorial and to grow manioc there. She said he was a person sacked from the SLFP for insulting the former Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike and for betraying the party. The former President said that she could not attend a meeting addressed by a person like him who goes against the party policies due to his anti Tamil and anti Muslim extremism.
Challenging the conference held under the patronage of the President Mahinda Rajapakse, the former President said that the SLFP was on an anti-popular extremist path that is against the 55-year history of the party and she would attempt to correct it while being a member of the party.
A photo exhibition was held parallel to the conference and the official web site of the SLFP was also launched.
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