Dayasiri assumes office as SLFP Secy, at a desk on the road

Police deny him entry to party hq

By Kamal Bogoda and Aruna Bogahawatta

SLFP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, on Friday (05), said that he would soon hold a disciplinary inquiry against his party senior Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva for not allowing him to carry out his duties as SLFP General Secretary.

He made this statement soon after he assumed duties as the SLFP General Secretary opposite party headquarters at Darley Rd, Colombo 10.Earlier last week, Colombo District Court issued an interim order against the decision by SLFP to remove Jayasekara from the post of General Secretary and removing his party membership.

Jayasekara arrived at the party HQ Friday morning along with several electoral organizers who requested the police to open the party office. The SLFP HQ has been locked due to the tussle between two sides to gain control of the party.The police insisted that they could not allow Jayasekara to enter the building.

The MP then assumed duties outside the building on a table set on a truck parked the opposite of the SLFP office. “I arrived to assume duties following a court order. I had sent copies of the court order to the IGP and other senior officers. The police on Friday insist that I must seek permission from Nimal Siripala de Silva. He is not a legitimate office bearer. I am the legitimate general secretary,” he said addressing the gathering.

Jayasekara said that the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration would only last three more months. Several SLFPers who hold positions in the government are trying to destroy the party for material benefits, he said.

“I will not allow these to undermine the party. Soon I will return and start a disciplinary inquiry against de Silva. I will also lodge complaints with the Human Rights Commission against policemen who did not allow me to enter the party HQ. Their actions amounts to contempt of court,” he said.

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