The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)'s press conference scheduled for today (Oct 6) to officially declare their stance on the Presidential election has been cancelled.
The SLFP Central Committee yesterday had decided to entrust its leader President Maithripala Sirisena to make the final decision pertaining to the poll.
This decision was expected to be announced at a media conference at 11 am today.
However, General Secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance of which the SLFP is a constituent party Mahinda Amaraweera said the party would announce its final stance tomorrow following a meeting this evening.
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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