UNP temporarily suspends Cader

Suraj A. Bandara

The UNP Working Committee temporarily suspended Kandy district UNP MP Abdul Cader from the Working Committee membership yesterday.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said this suspension was due to certain violations of the party decisions.

A panel of inquiry will be appointed to investigate whether Cader has worked against the party constitution. If he is proven guilty, disciplinary action will be taken against him, he said.

Cader told the Daily News that he was not informed about the suspension of his membership. He said he was aware about a discussion at the previous Working Committee Meeting to suspend his membership. “Neither telephone call nor a letter has been received yet about my suspension,” he replied.

He extended his support with government members for the extension of the state of emergency and budget 2010 , while the UNP abstained from voting.

Cader had reportedly disagreed with the UNP leadership over the Kandy nomination list at the recent parliamentary polls.