UNP berates SJB for no show at APC

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday took a swipe at the Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) leadership for boycotting the All Party Conference (APC) with UNP General  Secretary Palitha Range Bandara calling it a spineless act.

“Unlike the SJB leadership which resorted to shouting slogans near the Presidential Secretariat fence, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, as a leader with a backbone, went to the All Party Conference and met the President face to face and spoke directly about the action to be taken on the issues of the country,” Bandara said addressing the media in Colombo.

Bandara said that problems will not be solved by bringing people in and protesting in the streets and causing inconvenience to the people. “Instead the SJB leadership could have gone to the All Party Meeting with government leaders including the President and the Prime Minister and expressed his views”. Wickremesinghe spoke directly as a leader with a backbone on the course of action to be taken on the issues of the country, he added.