31 JVP members pledge support to President

22 December 2017 06:05 am Views - 5730

Thirty-one Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) members including four former Parliamentarians had pledged their support to President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, the President's Media Unit said.

It said four former JVP MPs, seven Provincial Councillors, two Pradeshiya Sabha members and 18 other JVPers met the President at his residence last night to pledge their support.

The four former MPs who pledged their support were Dimuthu Abeykoon, R. P. A. Ranaweera, S. K. Subasinghe and Anjaan Umma.

Several JVP members also obtained Sri Lanka Freedom Party membership which was personally handed over to them by the President.

Meanwhile, former United National Party Provincial Councillor Palitha Lihiniyakumara and two other members had also pledged their support to President Sirisena. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)