Daham Sirisena, the son of former President Maithripala Sirisena has been appointed the Chairman of the Polonnaruwa Youth Federation of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Daham Sirisena had handed over the nominations for the post and his nominations had been approved by former President Sirisena who is also the leader of the party.

This is the first time that Daham Sirisena has been given a post in the SLFP.

'Family-politics' has been a major characteristic of Sri Lankan politics for the past 70 years as a number of sons, daughters and close relatives of established politicians have taken up politics.

Sirisena defected from the Rajapaksa administration before the Presidential election in 2015 promising to end the "family rule"