UNP to fill single MP slot soon

UNP to fill single MP slot soon

The United National Party hopes to fill the party’s National List slot soon.

The UNP was eligible for a National list slot on the results of the last General Election. Party Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told a group of party seniors that the party will nominate its National List member soon.

He has said a number of party seniors are eying for this single slot.

The UNP Leader has told them that the party had taken a decision that no member who failed to win a seat at the election will not be nominated to the vacant slot.Social media had reported that Party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam had allegedly tried to nominate himself for the MP slot