Ranil wants winning formula from UNP Presidential candidate

15 Sep, 2019

United National Party (UNP) leader, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he has asked for a winning formula to be presented by anyone wanting to be nominated as the UNP Presidential candidate.

Wickremesinghe says that simply having a large vote base in the UNP will not be enough to win the next Presidential elections.

The UNP leader had expressed these views at a meeting with civil society and trade union representatives today.

Wickremesinghe said that the UNP Working Committee will finally pick the Presidential candidate of the UNP.

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