Dullas’ SLPP group to sit in Opposition separately

The group of members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna who supported Dullas Alahapperuma for the Presidency will work as a separate independent group in Parliament, political sources said. These sources said the group led by Dullas Alahapperuma includes around 16 members including Prof.G.L. Peiris, Prof.Charita Herath, Prof. Channa Jayasumana and Dr. Nalaka Godahewa among others. Sources say that the group is will sit in the parliamentary Opposition as a separate group.

This group is also focusing on building a new political movement in the future.

Prof. G.L. Peiris, who previously held the position of Foreign Affairs Minister lost his post when the new Cabinet was appointed.

Peiris, who was the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman, proposed the name of Dullas Alahapperuma for the election of the President in Parliament last week.