Sri Lanka's President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) chief Maithripala Sirisena makes history by addressing UNP 69th anniversary Sunday Sep 06,2015

 

In line with his call for establishing a new political culture of consensus among parties, President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) chief Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday Sep 06,2015 set a record by participating in the 69th anniversary of the United National Party (UNP), which remained the principal political adversary of the SLFP till recently.

Addressing a gathering at the headquarters of the UNP near Colombo, Mr. Sirisena explained how a coalition representing himself, Prime Minister and the UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Ministers was supportive of making the new political culture a reality.Thanking the UNP and its leadership for supporting his candidature at the time of presidential election in January 2015, he recalled how Mr. Wickremesinghe himself had visited his house to take him to the venue of the final rally of the election campaign after security officials had advised him [Mr. Sirisena] not to attend the event. 

Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his speech at the UNP anniversary, said the government had two drivers [the President and himself], who would undertake the journey free of hurdles