{
  "id": 7456348,
  "title": "SLFP appoints new Kurunegala leader amidst legal issues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/slfp-appoints-new-kurunegala-leader-amidst-legal-issues",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T00:00:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/slfp-appoints-new-kurunegala-leader-amidst-legal-issues/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has appointed former Minister Jayaratne Herath SLFP Kurunegala District Leader and the party’s organiser for the Polgahawela electorate. He has done so amidsts protests by MP Dayasiri Jayasekera, who has resorted to legal action against the SLFP faction led by de Silva, Among those present at the meeting where […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}