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Government, opposition prepare for polls
LAcNet Special Correspondent in Colombo,
8:50pm SLT, Monday January 20,2003.
Ruling United National Front and the main opposition
PA are secretly preparing for a possible forthcoming
general election, privately owned newspaper said here
yesterday.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will personally
supervise a complete re-organisation of the UNF
starting February 1, which might include key changes
in the top party posts, the Lankadeepa said.
It is also learnt that the UNF is preparing to appoint
two committees comprising ten senior ministers and ten
backbenchers to make recommendations to face a
possible election and any other crisis situation.
Four consultants from the United Kingdom have already
arrived here to advice the ruling party, the newspaper
said.
Meanwhile, the PA has already conducted several
meetings with the JVP hierarchy to come into a common
front to defeat the UNF. The two groups were also
meeting today while they were expected to map up the
joint agenda by the end of this week.
The PA has also met Ceylon Workers’ Congress Leader
Minister Arumugam Thondaman and Sri Lanka Muslim
Congress rebel group leader A.L.M. Athaulla. The two
parties are members of the ruling coalition.
Published: Mon Jan 20 08:53:40 EST 2003
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