Popular Opposition Party Leader to join UNP as another deputy Leader ? Former Cricketer to join as National Organizer and Ravi up the ladder as Deputy ?

One time strongest political party, now weeker with Ra-NIL's leadership, the UNP is looking at amending its Constitution once more to make way for a popular opposition leader to join the party and it is likely to be General Sarath Fonseka.

The amendment is to be brought to create a position for these leading opposition member and to confirm the deputy leadership post held by Sajith Premadasa.

Therefore, the number of deputy leader posts in the party is expected to go up further more.

The new Constitution speaks only of one deputy leader. Senior party leaders have informed the party leadership that although Premadasa was appointed as deputy leader in place of the vice leader post, the Constitution had to be amended to make his appointment lawful.

In this backdrop, the party is looking at amending the Constitutionnn to legalize Premadasa's deputy leader post and to appoint National Organizer Ravi Karunanayake also as deputy leader of the party.

An active opposition parliamentarian had agreed to the UNP leadership that he would join the party only if he is given the post of National Organizer and some believe this can be the other popular figure in DNA otehr than General Fonseka. Karunanayake has said that he was ready to give up the post of National Organizer if he is appointed as a deputy leader.

Therefore, Karu Jayasuriya is to be appointed as the senior deputy leader from among five deputy leader posts. However, until the amendment is made, the UNP leader has decided to give specific powers to each office bearer within the next two weeks, the parliamentarian said.

Anyway many political analysts believe that without removing Ra-NIL as leadership, their will be not much change in voterbase of the party but the greenship will sink further more...!