Former MP Imtiaz Baqir Markar has rejected a request to re-assign the chairmanship of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. He resigned from the post after the last general election.
However, party leader Sajith Premadasa later re-appointed Imtiaz Baqir Markar to the post. However, he has not yet taken up the post. Party insiders say that he will not take up the post.