The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided to field their candidate at the upcoming Presidential election under the party’s symbol of pohottuwa (lotus), the party’s General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam said.
The decision was taken following the political committee meeting held this evening. The party is expected to declare its candidate before August 15.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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