UNP Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa is to be appointed as the Deputy Leader of the party at the working committee meeting on September 23, reliable sources within the party said.

This decision was taken before the results of the Uva Provincial Polls were released but the UNP’s performance at the polls gives it an added value.

The 68th Convention of the party held on Sep 6 at Passara was a turning point in the election campaign as Sajith Premadasa was seen with National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on the same stage, signifying the reconciliation of the two leaders.

Meanwhile, Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne is to be appointed as the Treasurer of the party. The post had been vacant since the resignation of the former treasurer Senarat Kapukotuwa.

A national list Member of Parliament, Eran Wickramaratne was a former CEO of National Development Bank