
Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Mahinda Amaraweera stated that any SLFP member who wishes to defect and form a new political party should do so in a formal, respectable manner.
Speaking to the media at an event at the Dikkowita harbour, Minister Amaraweera stated that the developmental process to revamp and bolster the SLFP had already commenced.
He further stated that SLFP party leaders have no intention of banishing any current party members however; he stated that the SLFP will not tolerate any individual who intends to defect from the party either.



















