evidence: However, some of the attendees at the meeting last Monday had been first timers to attend an SLPP Politburo meeting, according to some of the SLPP dissidents. Among the newcomers had been the daughter of a former SLPP Local Government member from the Gampaha District, several social media activists, and a lawyer affiliated to a member of the Sarvajana Balaya. [...] The de Silva faction last Wednesday announced its support for President Wickremesinghe following a meeting of the SLFP Central Committee. Jayasekara, who is also a General Secretary of the SLFP, however claimed that the decision to support the President had been reached at an illegally convened meeting of the Central Committee and was therefore not valid. Meanwhile, JVP and National People’s Power (NPP) Leader AKD has decided to close the doors of his party to political pole-vaulters.