The SLPP today (22) unanimously appointed senior Prof. Uthurawala Dhammarathana Thera as its chairman.
His appointment came at the party’s general meeting at the party headquarters at Nelum Mawatha, Battaramulla, presided by its leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Only the position of chairman changed, with all other office-bearers of the party re-appointed.
Meanwhile, SLPP’s former chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris says the decisions made at the meeting are null and void and without validity.
The so-called “Maha Sabhawa” which met this morning, is not a duly constituted body at all. All decisions made at this purported meeting are null and void, and lacking in any semblance of validity, he said in a statement.
Prof. G.L. Peiris added that appropriate judicial proceedings will be instituted to declare these decisions invalid.
