President and the Leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the senior leaders of the party to prepare a new mechanism bring political activists representing all major parties into the UNP fold based on their consent.
The UNP Leader had called upon the UNP seniors to commence work to bring in mainstream representatives as well as the political activists at the rural level of all parties including Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Samagi Jana Balawegaya, Janata Vimukthi Peramuna, National Freedom Front, Tamil National Alliance, and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress to the UNP as soon as possible.
These measures have been taken by directing attention to the rapidly changing political climate of the country.
President Wickremesinghe has called upon the party hierarchy to prepare this program as soon as possible and to start the future activities of the party accordingly.
It has been reported that the UNP leader had given these instructions at a high-level political meeting comprising Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene, Chairman Wajira Abeywardena, General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara and Deputy Leader Akila Viraj Kariyawasam.