Sri Lanka, April 22 -- Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed as the Acting Chairman of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), it was reported yesterday.

This appointment is said to have been made by the faction led by former President Maithripala Sirisena at an SLFP executive committee meeting held at a hotel in Ethul Kotte.

An acting Chairman to the party was appointed following the injunction order issued by the Colombo District Court on April 4 preventing former President Sirisena from functioning as the SLFP chairman.

The order was based on a case filed by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.Meanwhile, another faction led by former President Kumaratunga calling a meeting of the SLFP's politburo had appoi...