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Sihala Urumaya political party's General Secretary and Kalutrara District MP Tilak Karunaratne said yesterday that he would resign in April and that the party's National Orgainser Champika Ranawaka has been nominated as the new leader. Addressing a meeting at the Sri Sudharshanaramaya in Mathugama, he said that he would continue to contribute to the progress of the party. The new political party which was formed last year along with other hardline groups, National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) and Weeravidhana, believe that devolution of power to the north-east region would be a stepping stone to secession. They demand the retention of the unitary state, supremacy of the Sinhalese majority and the maintenance of Sri Lanka as a Buddhist state. They also vehemently oppose Norwegian role in the peace process. Meanwhile, the Sihala Urumaya managed to win a Parliamentary seat in the October 10th General Election, the only seat they received from the National List.
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