08/07/2011
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The Nation
The UNP’s internal crisis appears to be deepening with no settlement in sight following Karu Jayasuriya’s announcement that he was prepared to accept the party leadership if it was the wish of the majority of the party.
07/29/2011
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BBC
Sri Lanka's opposition leader says no war crimes charges can be brought against Sri Lanka as the country is not a party to Rome Protocol on crimes against humanity.
04/20/2011
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Press Trust of India
Colombo, Apr 20 (PTI) Sri Lanka's main opposition party today asked the government to launch an "internal investigation" into allegations of war crimes committed by Sri Lankan forces during the LTTE war, after a UN report censured it for committing atrocities."Sri Lanka's image has been tarnished by this report.The only way to redeem ourselves as a country is to go into the allegations," United National Party (UNP) spokesman Lakshman Kiriella told reporters in Colombo."We ask the government to start an immediate internal investigation."
04/10/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka opposition leader accused of delaying the appointment of a UNP National Organizer (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
03/04/2011
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The Island
The implementation of a durable political solution to the ethnic issue was the answer to overcoming international calls for a war crimes probe against Sri Lanka, UNP parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday. He told a news conference in Colombo that the UNP was willing to support any form aof devolution that would address the aspirations of all communities. The Mahinda Rajapaksa regime’s confrontationist and childish foreign policy with the West, was detrimental to Sri Lanka’s interests and needs to be reviewed urgently, Kiriella said.
01/06/2011
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Daily Mirror
The government yesterday objected to UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposal to send an all party delegation headed by the Speaker to Jaffna, for a fact finding mission on the security situation in the area.
12/12/2010
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : New constitution of Sri Lanka\'s major opposition passed, Premadasa to lead party with Ranil (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
09/28/2010
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BBC
The main opposition Sri Lankan United National Party (UNP) has accused the authorities of undermining democracy by intimidating parliamentarians.
It says that Mangala Samaraweera, the first foreign minister under Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, has been unfairly questioned for hours by the police.
09/20/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe today publicly denounced the charges brought by the government against former Army Commander and current parliamentarian retired General Sarath Fonseka and tore off a mock charge sheet.
09/17/2010
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Huffington Post, Sri Lanka News Network
The ongoing internal conflict within the main opposition United National Party (UNP) is now unfolding in public with party members sending contradictory messages via the media. The independent statements, accusations and denials have highlighted the party's fragmentation and catapulted this internal struggle onto the national stage.