The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will launch its campaign for the Presidential election on May Day with the objective to field its own candidate, party General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said.
He said the decision has been taken following discussions with Mr. Basil Rajapaksa who returned to the country last week.
Mr. Kariyawasam said that the theme would be local economy and united country along with the focus of the development of the rural economy.
He said that the main parties have already failed to focus on these themes.
Mr. Kariyawasam said that the consensus was that they should not be supporting another candidate and instead field their own candidate.
He said Mr. Basil Rajapaksa will play a key role in organizing the campaign with plans to have district level campaigns.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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