SLPP dissident group, too, breaks up

The largest SLPP dissident group led by Dullas Alahapperuma too has split over the call made by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to form a wider alliance against the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government, political sources said.

Prof. G. L. Peiris, Dilan Perera and Dr. Nalaka Godahewa have pledged their support to the SJB whereas the others led by Dullas Alahapperuma have decided to operate as a separate group. Prof. Peiris, Perera and Godahewa have already addressed the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office, pledging their support for SJB leader Sajith Premadasa.

Initially, the group of dissidents led by Alahapperuma consisted of 13 MPs.

The Opposition Leader has also secured the support of SLFPer Shan Wijelal de Silva, who also contested the last general election on the SLPP ticket.(SF)