Sajith splitting the Opposition – Wimal

National Freedom Front Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday said the Opposition Leader is aiming at creating divisions within the opposition.

“If he is a real Opposition Leader, he should reach consensus on major issues. An Opposition Leader should maintain unity among Parties in the Opposition”, he said.

Weerawansa said that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has been given a contract to create rifts among the parties in the Opposition.

“We are a part of the Opposition. If a candidate is fielded from the Opposition,  the Opposition Leader should extend his fullest support for his victory”, he said.

Addressing a press conference in Colombo over the election of Ranjith Siyambalapitiya as the Deputy Speaker,former Minister Weerawansa said that the SLPP wants to show the world that the SLPP break away group are still with the government though they are sitting in the Opposition.

“The Opposition Leader wants to show that we are for the government though we are sitting with the Opposition MPs,” he said. He said that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa does not have a plan to at least bring Parties in the Opposition together.

“If we could have not fielded a candidate for the Deputy Speaker’s position, if SJB had informed us that they were planning to field a candidate for the election”, he said. They had decided to field a candidate at the eleventh hour, he said. Weerawansa added that the Opposition Leader is dancing to the tune of the Rajapaksa family.

“The election of Deputy Speaker in Parliament yesterday shows that Premadasa has undertaken the contract of the Rajapaksa family,”, he said.