Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in an interview with WION NEWS said the current political crisis was hurting the peoples' right to franchise.
Mr Wickremesinghe said the President as been giving different explanations at different times, adding that he has not had a good relationship with the UNP for the last couple of months. He said perhaps it could be a requirement to contest a second time as President.
Mr Wickremesinghe said he was confident that at a floor test there would be more than 113 that would support his bid as Prime Minister.
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.
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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