SB agrees to have a separate symbol for the alliance
2009-09-18 | 12.05 PM
UNP National Organizer S.B. Dissanyake told a press conference that there was no problem in registering the new alliance as a party with a separate symbol if it was going to further expand on the lines of the common consensus arrived at by the opposition parties.
S.B. Dissanayake said, “The common consensus of the opposition will be launched on the 27th. The UNP Political Affairs Committee has proposed the elephant symbol. However, there is a need to expand this consensus into an alliance and there is no problem in getting another symbol at such a time.”
UNP sources said that plans have been made to launch the new opposition alliance initiated by the UNP on the
27th under a new name and a symbol.
Steps have also been taken to formulate a constitution for the new alliance in order to register it as a political party and a UNP representative is to be named as the secretary of the alliance.
Sources also said that apart from the UNP, SLMC, DPF and the SLFP (M) Wing, eight other registered political parties have expressed their interest to join the opposition alliance.
