{"id":41923,"date":"2015-06-30T15:41:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=41923"},"modified":"2015-06-30T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T19:41:08","slug":"uva-province-unp-chief-minister-harin-fernando-accuses-president-sirisena-of-harbouring-a-secret-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=41923","title":{"rendered":"Uva Province UNP Chief Minister Harin Fernando Accuses President Sirisena of “Harbouring a Secret Agenda”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Major strain in the relations between the United National Party (UNP) and President Maithripala Sirisena started to show yesterday when Uva Chief Minister Harin Fernando expressed doubts about the
\nPresident\u2019s bona fides and accused him of harbouring \u2018secret political agendas\u2019. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Addressing a press briefing held at Sirikotha, Fernando asserted that UNP had obtained information about secret meetings held between President Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. <\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Sirisena and former President Rajapaksa said that once they met in Speaker\u2019s house. However we believe that they have met in another secret place. Therefore the UNP has doubts about President Sirisena\u2019s behaviour. If he did that, he should be ashamed of himself,\u201d Fernando claimed.<\/p>\n

Commenting further he alleged that if President Sirisena was trying to promote the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for the upcoming election, UNP members would be deeply disappointed. <\/p>\n

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\u201cUNP brought out President Sirisena as its common candidate, and we all put our efforts to make him President. SLFP leaders or members were not there. They were backing former President Rajapaksa. However President Sirisena wants to strengthen his party, not the UNP. We believe it is very unfair,\u201d Fernando assumed.<\/p>\n

He charged that President Sirisena ought to remember those who supported him to win the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cMillions of Sri Lankans placed their trust in President Sirisena and they wanted to defeat former President Rajapaksa. President Sirisena should respect those people and ignore those who were so opposed to him during the presidential election,\u201d Fernando said. <\/p>\n

Fernando went on to allege that some conspirators backing former President Rajapaksa are trying to pave the way for his political comeback using President Sirisena. <\/p>\n

\u201cRajapaksa and his supporters want power again and they are using President Sirisena for that. However if they win, they will definitely take revenge from President Sirisena himself,\u201d Fernando stated.
\nCommenting on the UNP\u2019s preparations for the upcoming election, Fernando stated that UNP will definitely gain 115 MP seats in the Parliament. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are conducting our election campaigns all over the country and large crowds gather around us. That is because we have a decent leader who has not been corrupt throughout his past political career. The voters will always trust the UNP,\u201d Fernando enthused. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Major strain in the relations between the United National Party (UNP) and President Maithripala Sirisena started to show yesterday when Uva Chief Minister Harin Fernando expressed doubts about the President\u2019s bona fides and accused him of harbouring \u2018secret political agendas\u2019. Addressing a press briefing held at Sirikotha, Fernando asserted that UNP had obtained information …<\/p>\n

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