The President had taken measures to re-name his delegation for the discussion as soon as state intelligence sources reported the above.

There, the President has named M.K.D.S. Gunewardena. Rajitha Senaratne, Duminda Dissanayake and Faizer Mustapha as his delegates. These individuals crossed over to join Sirisena ahead of the January Presidential polls.

Meanwhile, the President has also criticised Dilan Perera for sarcastically referring to Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as a 'Pin Agamethi' ('lucky' prime minister).