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SLPP will not back Sirisena as President

09 Jun 2019

By Skandha Gunasekara The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will not support President Maithripala Sirisena as the next presidential candidate. SLPP member and UPFA Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa told The Sunday Morning that it was clear President Sirisena wanted to back the United National Party (UNP). “In his statement, the President has said that he would support anyone from the UNP other than Ranil Wickremesinghe. This clearly shows that he wants to support the UNP. Therefore, we cannot support President Sirisena,” MP Rajapaksa said. He went on to question why the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was urging President Sirisena to contest the next presidential election. “If President Sirisena wanted to support the SLFP he would have put forward another member of the SLFP as the presidential candidate. Instead, he is backing the UNP. His intention is not to support the SLFP,” MP Rajapaksa said, adding that due to these factors there was no way the SLPP would support the President as the next presidential candidate. President Sirisena had reportedly told the Cabinet of Ministers last week that he would not be contesting the next presidential election. He had also said that the United National Front (UNF) should put forward a "new face" and that they should compile an election mandate and that if the President was in agreement with the decisions of the UNF, he would support them and if not, would remain neutral.

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