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General Secretary of the United National Party (UNP) Tissa Attanayake, MP, tended his letter of renunciation to gathering pioneer Ranil Wickramaginghe, today. Attanayake has ventures down from the General Secretary post and the various positions he held in the gathering.
Attanayake will support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the expected Presidential decision in one year from now January, and a source near to the administration included that Attanayake will take part for a public interview to publish his choice on this respect, this evening.
While tending to media at the Election Department after accommodation of assignments, President Rajapaksa additionally said "We got their General Secretary and more resistance Parliamentarians are relied upon to cross,"
In a past event, General Secretary of the decision gathering United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) surrendered and declared he will challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the imminent race. So far, five bureau Ministers have surrendered to the restriction in an offer to backing the Common Candidate.
Nineteen applicants including President Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena submitted designation at the Department of Election for the January race at the Department of Elections in Rajagiriya, at the beginning of today.
In the interim, the source included that previous General Secretary of the UNP will liable to be selected as the Health Minister, which was the Ministry headed by the deserted ex-General secretary of the UPFA.
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