UPFA Nomination lists for PC election by next week

Final Nomination lists of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) for the upcoming election in the Sabaragamuwa and the North Central provinces will be announced by the end of next week, UPFA Secretary, Susil Premajayantha said.
According to the Secretary, the UPFA will give nominations to all members of the previous Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provincial Councils. The UPFA requests it’s constituent parties to submit the names of their candidates to the nomination committee before the end of next week. He said that the final decision on the nomination lists will be taken by this committee of Messrs Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, Maithripala Sirisena, D. M. Jayaratne, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Dullas Alahapperuma and Susil Premajayantha. He said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party commenced its political campaign on an electoral basis last Saturday (21) in the Sabaragamuwa and North Central Provinces.-Admin

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