National Organizer of the National Freedom Front (NFF) Piyasiri Wijenayake stated that he was requested to step down from his post within the NFF and resign as a member of the party.

He further stated that he cannot disclose the manner in which he was expelled from the party and that a formal complaint on this regard will be lodged with the elections commissioner. 

Sources within the NFF confirmed that Piyasiri Wijenayake was requested to leave as he did not conform to the policies and decisions of the party. 

It was further stated that the party disciplinary committee can produce evidence against the former national organizer should the need arise to do so. 

Wijenayake’s sacking comes in the wake of the NFF member repeatedly criticizing party leader, UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa, in the public and when speaking to media. 

Wijenayake and Weerawansa have been exchanging verbal blows ever since the former had said that the sentiments uttered by the party leader, who expressed the need to ‘bomb’ the parliamentary complex, are not shared by the members of the NFF. 
 
Last week Wijenayake had declared that the National Freedom Front (NFF) would very soon be limited only to a name board and that day is not very far away. 

The NFF National Organizer stated that the quitting of individuals who actively worked for the party is a serious issue. He made these comments while expressing views on the recent resignation of the party’s General Secretary Priyanjith Vitharana.

Wijenayake stated that he came to know about the resignation of the General Secretary of the National Freedom Front only through the media and claimed that there is “a secret we don’t know about” behind the resignation of Priyanjith Vitharana. 

He further stated that the National Freedom Front (NFF) can move forward without the leadership of Wimal Weerawansa and that the party’s annual convention was held while he was in prison with the strength of the secretary and other members.  

Vitharana resigned from his post as the General Secretary citing personal and health reasons on November 22. He was replaced by former Deputy Secretary of the NFF, Attorney-at-Law Kapila Gamage.