Chanaka Ailapperuma appointed CPC’s opposition leader

April 7, 2017 06:05 pm

UNP central provincial councilor Chanaka Ailapperuma has been appointed as the Central Provincial Council’s Leader of the Opposition, Governor of the province Niluka Ekanayake said.

Ailapperuma, who was the CPC’s Chief Whip of the Opposition, was appointed as new Leader of the Opposition following the death of Renuka Herath.

Herath, a former minister who served as the Opposition Leader of the council and represented the Nuwara Eliya District, passed away on March 13 at the age of 72.

United National Party (UNP) candidate Asoka Priyantha Bandara Herath was appointed to fill seat left vacant by her death.

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