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Mahinda decides to stick with decision to pick an SLPP candidate

01 Aug, 2024

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By Easwaran Rutnam

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader Mahinda Rajapaksa says he will stick with the decision taken by the party to pick an SLPP candidate to contest the Presidential election.

Rajapaksa told reporters, Thursday, there is no change in the party decision and he will stick to that decision.

He said that the party will continue to have talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe but will put forward its own candidate at the polls.

A group of SLPP MPs had earlier issued an ultimatum to Rajapaksa after 92 MPs met Ranil Wickremesinghe and assured him support at the election in September.

The SLPP MPs demanded that Rajapaksa make a u-turn on the decision not to support Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential election or face the consequences, Colombo?Gazette?learns.

Ninety-two MPs, mostly representing the SLPP and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) met the President in the presence of Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Tuesday, and guaranteed their support to him at the election in September.

The SLPP MPs have warned Rajapaksa that if the party continues to stick with the decision taken on Monday they will be forced to reconsider their support to the party at the next Parliament election.

The group of SLPP MPs have also warned that failing to support Wickremesinghe could lead to the eventual death of the SLPP. (Colombo Gazette)

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