30 January 2024 12:11 am Views - 120
Former Army Commander General Daya Ratnayake has joined Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and has been appointed as party’s senior adviser of state affairs, Opposition Leader’s office said. General Ratnayake obtained his membership and the position of the party from Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa.
He headed the infantry force of the Sri Lankan Army during the civil war and was responsible for rehabilitating ex-LTTE combatants. General Ratnayake is the second Army commander to join SJB party Chairman, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka also held the post during the time the war ended. Field Marshal Fonseka was not present at the “Ranaviru Samuluwa’ which was held in Kegalle.
It is reported that Fonseka is beginning to get sidelined in the party.