Fifty six members of UPFA request via signatures request to appoint Kumara Welgama as the leader of the opposition
It is reported that fifty six Members of Parliament of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance had give a letter signed by the to the President to appoint Kumara Welgama as the leader of the opposition.
In the same letter it has been proposed to make the chief organiser of the UPFA as the Member od=f Parliament Mahindananda Aluthgamage.The related letter had been handed over to the President Maithripala Sirisena by Members of Parliament Vasudeva Nanayakkara,,Wimal Weerawansa and Ranjith Soysa.
Kumara Welgama had showed his willingness to accept this position and had commented that he possesses 22 years of experience in the parliamentary affairs.