Politicians should refrain from commenting on the probable Presidential Candidate to be nominated from the SLFP coalition since it is the party leaders who will decide on the matter, MP S B Dissanayake said.
"Whether it is Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa or Chamal Rajapaksa is irrelevant" Mr. Dissanayake said at a media briefing while adding that the party must move forward with a Presidential candidate irrespective of who it is.
Further he said that the leaders of the parties constituting the alliance such as Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Dinesh Gunawardena would make the final decision in this regard.
MP Dissanayake explained that commenting on the probable presidential candidate would result in creating room for a split between both factions.
"The SLFPers continue to claim that Maithripala Sirisena would be the presidential candidate. This would result in chaos due to the dissatisfaction of certain SLPPers" the parliamentarian said while pointing out that this was an unhealthy situation for the future of the alliance.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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