“One Individual Cannot Suspend SLFP Members” – MKDS Gunawardena

 

Minister of Land M.K.D.S. Gunawardena said that one individual cannot suspend Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members and there was a proper mechanism which should be adapted.

President’s Media Unit (PMU0 announced yesterday that President Maithripala Sirisena had suspended the membership of five SLFP members who joined the United National Front (UNFGG) to contest in the forthcoming general election.

MKDS Gunawardenahas said to a prominent online news portal that there was a procedure to be followed in suspending a member from the SLFP. A charge sheet has to be presented and an inquiry has to be carried out, he added. No charge sheet was presented to him over the matter, he added.