Premajayantha was the establishing General Secretary of the gathering. On August 14, the Colombo District Court issued a directive request against his working as UPFA General Secretary taking after a solicitation by Prof. Vishwa Warnapala. It was uncovered that the UPFA Chairman Maithripala Sirisena had evacuated him and selected Prof. Warnapala as Acting General Secretary.
Nonetheless, Premajayantha declined to acknowledge the directive request, contending that the gathering Chairman can't uproot the General Secretary without the approbation of the Executive Committee of the UPFA. An appeal recorded against the evacuation is to be considered on August 28.
