A faction of SLFP MPs and local council members turned up at at rally organized by smaller political parties today to demand that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should run as the next candidate as Prime Minister in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
SLFP MP’s Mahinda Abeywardena, C.B.Ratnayake, Kumara Welgama and T.B.Ekanayake along with the Western Provincial council chief minister Prasanna Ranatunga, Mayor for Moratuwa Saman Kumara Fernando and a host of provincial council ministers and members along with local council members turned up for the meeting attended by a large crowd.
Mains speakers, Wimial Weerawansa, Dinesh Gunawardena and Vasudeva Nanayakkara along with former provincial council minister Udaya Gamannpila strongly urged that Mr Rajapaksa should contest the next parliamentary elections and give leadership to the campaign.
They said they were carry out similar campaigns in the rest of the country.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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