Sajith Premadasa has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP). Ravi Karunnayake has been named as Assistant Leader while Eran Wikramaratne and Akila Viraj Kariyawasam have been appointed as Treasurer and Deputy General Secretary respectively.
Meanwhile Ranjith Madduma Bandara has been appointed as Senior Deputy Chairman, Thalatha Athukorale as Secretary of Election Affairs and Harin Fernanado as Chairman of the National Youth Front.
The opposition party made a massive gain at Saturday’s election for the Province when compared to what the party received at the 2009 election.
The UNP more than doubled its votes in the Province winning 274,773 votes in Uva election as opposed to the 129,144 it got at the 2009 election.
The party secured 13 seats, 6 more than the 7 seats it won in 2009.
