SLFP Headquarters which was closed for holidays would be reopened on January 1, 2019.
SLFP MP Mahinda Amaraweera told the Daily News that President Maithripala Sirisena had ordered that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party headquarters in Darley Road, Colombo be shut down on December 26, until his return from Thailand. President Sirisena is expected to return to the country on December 30.
Meanwhile several media reports had said that the keys of the SLFP headquarters have been handed over to Maradana Police. When asked, Police Media Unit stated that the said keys were kept with Maradana Police Station on December 26.
Police Media Unit further said that the keys were then returned to a representative of SLFP on December 27 around 3.15 in the evening. The media unit confirmed that the keys are no longer with the Police.