Minister Eran Wickremaratne speaking at Sirikotha said that all party office bearers have resigned from their respective positions within the party to enable Premier a free-hand to restructure the party without any obstacle. General Secretary Kabir Hashim was the first to hand over his resignation
Meanwhile, three committees of the United National Party, two of which are headed by Ruwan Wijewardene and Sajith Premadasa along with the back-benchers are to meet the Premier today and tomorrow for decisive decisions on UNP party reforms , Eran Wickremanayake confirmed.
“It was clear to us from this vote, who supports the government in going forward with its development work and who doesn’t.
The first reaction will start from the Cabinet itself where there will be drastic changes. Discussions for this are already underway,” he said. He also added that the UNP would meet today and tomorrow to finalise party reforms of which decisions would come to light byApril 8.