CP Councillors want Chief Minister out

12 March 2015 06:46 am Views - 6091

Nearly 32 out of the 57 members in the UPFA-controlled Central Provincial Council today handed over affidavits to Governor Surangani Ellawala requesting that Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake be removed and UPFA councillor Thilina Bandara Tennakoon to the post.

The dissenting members said the CPC had been blamed for several acts corruption and malpractice under the incumbent Chief Minister who had held that post since 1999. (Nadeeka Bandara)