Sri Lanka, April 23 -- The Maithri faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has informed the Election Commission (EC) that Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has been appointed as the Acting Chairman of the SLFP. The SLFP Acting General Secretary Parliamentarian Sarathi Dushmantha Mithrapala gave this notification to the Election Commission yesterday.

The appointment was made during an Executive Committee meeting held recently with the participation of former President Maithripala Sirisena.

Mithrapala said that this appointment was made according to a decision taken by the Political Committee and the Executive Committee of the SLFP.

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