Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The Election Commission says it has no legal authorization to intervene to resolve the internal rifts of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Members of the election body convened a meeting on Thursday (18) to study the documents submitted by the factions within the SLFP with regard to the recent changes made to the party positions.

When the SLFP's politburo met on 08 April under the patronage of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the party's incumbent Vice Chairman MP Nimal Siripala de Silva was appointed the new Acting President, and MP Duminda Dissanayake was selected as the General Secretary.

These appointments came days after the Colombo District Court issued an enjoining order preventing fo...