Sarvajana Balaya Leader, MP Dilith Jayaweera, says he has requested the United National Party (UNP) to correct their statement mentioning his name, adding that the claim that they had contacted him via telephone during a recent meeting was false.
Issuing a statement on social media, MP Jayaweera said the UNP had claimed that he had participated via telephone call in a meeting chaired by UNP Leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, along with several other opposition parties.
The UNP-led meeting had been held to discuss establishing power in all local government institutions, including municipal councils, urban councils and regional councils, where the National People’s Power (NPP) had failed to secure a majority.
Providing details of the meeting, the UNP had outlined all the opposition parties and their members who had participated in the discussion, adding that Sarvajana Balaya Leader, MP Dilith Jayaweera, had joined via a telephone call.
Refuting the claim, MP Dilith Jayaweera said the statement was false, and that he has requested UNP Chairman Wajira Abeywardana to rectify this immediately, to which he had agreed to take action. (Newswire)