JVP appoints new parliamentary group leader, propaganda secretary

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 17:09 GMT]
The Central Working Committee of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Tuesday appointed parliamentarian Vijitha Herat as the Propaganda Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi and Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the parliamentary group leader of the party. Both positions were earlier held by Wimal Weerawanse before the split of the JVP. The new appointments to the party hierarchy were later ratified by the fifth national convention of the JVP held Tuesday at Sugathathasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, political sources said.

Somawanse Amerasinghe and Tilvin Silva Tuesday retained their posts as President and General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) respectively.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was also appointed as the Financial Secretary of the party, sources said.