Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has been appointed as the Acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
The appointment was made during the SLFP’s politburo meeting held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo today.
The special politburo meeting of the SLFP was held under the patronage of the Senior Vice President of the Party Nimal Siripala de Silva.
It was also reported that former President and former SLFP Leader Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga had also attended the meeting.
A change in the leadership of the SLFP comes after the Colombo District Court last week issued an interim order preventing former President Maithripala Sirisena from functioning as the Chairman of the SLFP.
The court order was issued based on a complaint filed by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who served as the Leader of the SLFP from 1994 to 2005. (Newswire)