Susil Premajayantha resigned as United People’s Freedom Front General Secretary, thereby ending the dispute over the position. He has written a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena informing of his decision.

 

Premajayantha was the founding General Secretary of the party. On August 14, the Colombo District Court issued an injunction order against his functioning as UPFA General Secretary following a request by Prof. Vishwa Warnapala. It was revealed that the UPFA Chairman Maithripala Sirisena had removed him and appointed Prof. Warnapala as Acting General Secretary.

 

However, Premajayantha refused to accept the injunction order, arguing that the party Chairman cannot remove the General Secretary without the approval of the Executive Committee of the UPFA. A petition filed against the removal is to be considered on August 28.