EXCLUSIVE: Sajith to be appointed Deputy Leader; several key appointments tomorrow
September 22, 2014 12:38 pm
Sajith Premadasa is tipped to be appointed Deputy Leader of the UNP tomorrow, party sources revealed to Ada Derana a short while ago. In a range of sweeping appointments Ada Derana reliably learns that Ranjith Maddumabandara is to be appointed Senior Vice President of the party while Eran Wickremarathne will be appointed as the Treasurer.
The opposition party made a massive gain at Saturday’s election for the Province when compared to what the party received at the 2009 election.
The UNP more than doubled its votes in the Province winning 274,773 votes at yesterday’s election as opposed to the 129,144 it got at the 2009 election.
The party secured 13 seats, 6 more than the 7 seats it won in 2009.
The party credited its gains to the chief ministerial candidate Harin Fernando who is also tipped to be given a prominent position in the party.
Although United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won the election in the island’s southeastern province, its popularity plummeted by up to 22.98 percentage points from the last polls there in 2009, results showed.
The UPFA secured 19 out of the 34 seats in the election for the Uva provincial council held on Saturday, winning 48.79 percent of the overall vote, according to results released by the Department of Elections.
