Major constituent party of Sri Lanka's alliance government to undergo six month party re-organization

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main coalition party of Sri Lanka's ruling alliance is to carry out a massive six-month long island wide party re-organization programme. SLFP General Secretary, Minister Maithripala Sirisena told a press conference in Colombo that the first programme in the series would be held in the Anuradhapura District on the 12th and 13th of this month. "All programmes of the government initiated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa including election campaigns have always commenced from Anuradhapura after worshiping at the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi.
The SLFP re-organizing would therefore also commence from Anuradhapura," he said. The Minister explained that the programme would be held in every district in the country with the participation of SLFP parliamentarians, provincial councilors, local government members and electoral organizers. "We want to complete the re-organizing programme in all the districts within six months," Sirisena noted. Party leader President Mahinda Rajapaksa will lead the party reorganization and the cabinet ministers will lead the district level activities, according to the Minister. The programme is to include a house to house visit by SLFP seniors and members along with a leaflet distribution campaign to create awareness about the current political situation in the country and the SLFP's policies. Under the programme, targeted at the next provincial council elections due in 2013, new members will be recruited and the party branch offices, electoral organizations and district organizations will be strengthened.