The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) announced that it will seek the support of other opposition parties to elect the Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), as the opposition holds a majority in the council. 

According to SJB’s General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara, despite the National People’s Power (NPP) winning the most number of seats, SJB will seek support from Opposition parties which collectively secured more seats. 

In the Local Government (LG) election that took place yesterday (6), NPP won a total of 48 seats after polling over 81,000 votes (36.92%) in the CMC.