31 JVP members pledge support to President

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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)

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voter Friday, 22 December 2017 04:35 PM

All politicians pledging support to each other. But who's there to pledge their support in favour of the common man??

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Saman Friday, 22 December 2017 06:50 PM

Most of them left JVP during the last crossover season to support Mahinda and to join Wimal Weerawansha. So technically they are Mahinda and Wimal supporters who now pledge to support MS.

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