Sri Lanka, Nov. 21 -- UNP youth leaders will form a separate political movement if the party leadership continues to treat the party as a private fiefdom, former minister Harin Fernando said yesterday.
"If the UNP is used as a fiefdom like some other leaders did, we will have no second thoughts on forming a new movement. We have no hope of staying within the party with those who drag their feet within the party," he added.
Fernando told a press briefing held in Colombo that he does not endorse moves by UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to seek the Opposition Leader's post.
He also expressed satisfaction over the new political culture President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has espoused. "We do not wish to obstruct the new President's programmes as yo...