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Sri Lankan president removes members from party's central committee

Xinhua, August 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked 13 members from his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) 's central committee, just hours after a parliamentary election was concluded on Monday.

The president sent the list of the members removed to Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya late on Monday.

The moves came following speculations that some senior SLFP members may attempt to remove Sirisena from the party following the election results on Tuesday. The president has already appointed new members to the central committee to replaced those who have been sacked. Endi