UNP and Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe in conversation with New Lalith Front (NLF) member and parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake at yesterday's consultations on 'free and fair elections and depoliticisation of key institutions by the establishment of independent Elections, Police Service and Public Service Commissions'. UNP General Secretary Gamini Atukorala, party Chairman and Colombo Mayor Karu Jayasuriya and Kalutara district MP Mahinda Samarasinghe are also in the picture. The deliberations initiated by the UNP and boycotted by almost all political parties, including the PA, took place at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI). (Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja)