{"id":28736,"date":"2026-07-25T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28736"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:01:22","slug":"we-stand-united-as-159-we-will-protect-every-representative-down-to-local-councils-leader-of-the-house-bimal-ratnayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28736","title":{"rendered":"We Stand United as 159 &#8211; We Will Protect Every Representative Down to Local Councils&#8221;: Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake emphasized in Parliament yesterday (24) that the National People&#8217;s Power (NPP) party will stand together to protect all its public representatives\u2014from government ministers down to local council members\u2014who remain accountable to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made these remarks during the 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