President Maithripala Sirisena removed three stalwarts of the Joint Opposition from their electoral organization positions today.

MPs Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, Lohan Ratwatte and Anura Vidanage were removed from the electorate organizer positions.

In their place W.M. Samarajeewa Bandara Welagedara (Pathadumbara) W.M. Yasamana/U.R. Daya Nandasiri - Dambulla Electorate (Co-organizers) and K.P. Gunawardena –  Mahiyangana Electorate were appointed.

The decision was made a week before the May Day rally of the Joint Opposition at Galle Face Green.

The following are the district organizers: 

Kandy District

• Nissanka Herath
• Asanka Dodamwala
• Asela Ekanayaka
• Linton Wijesinghe

Matale  District

• Kusumsiri Ariyarathna
•  Susil Premarathna

Rathnapura District

• Salitha Karunarathna
• Shantha Rathnayaka
• Nikshan Suriyakumar

Jaffna District

• S.Agildas
• B. Gopal Krishnan
• Kandasamy Karunakaran

Mullaitivu District

• N. Arunathilagan

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Duminda Dissanayake, UPFA General Secretary, Mahinda Amaraweera, Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, S.B.Disanayaka, State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Deputy Minister, Anuradha Jayaratne, Governor of Northern Province Reginald Coorey and others participated in this event.