UNP unable to field presidential candidate -NWP Chief Minister
Dayasiri Jayasekera
North Western Province Chief Minister Dayasiri
Jayasekara said President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the only common candidate
who could win the next Presidential Election. The President is the only
leader who has formed a rainbow coalition of political parties from all
sides of the political divide. The Chief Minister in an interview with
the Sunday Observer said if the UNP is a strong political party as they
claim to be, they should field their leader as the next presidential
candidate. However, Ranil Wickremesinghe will be no match for President
Rajapaksa.
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Ranil returns from the US, meets President at Vesak Zone
The main Opposition - the UNP, has been sailing like
a ship without a captain for over one month, with party activities at a
low ebb. However, the UNP and the Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe
return to the island after a month-long study stint in the United
States. Days after Ranil returned to Sri Lanka, UNP’s leadership council
chairman Karu Jayasuriya had left for an overseas holiday.
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