The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has informed the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) that it would not form an alliance if the SLPP decides to contest under the flower bud symbol at the presidential poll.
SLFP leader President Maithripala Sirisena had conveyed his party’s decision in writing to SLPP national organiser Basil Rajapaksa today (Oct 3).
Meanwhile, SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is expected to meet with the three SLFP members tonight.
SLFP Spokesman Weerakumara Dissanayake said that SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara, Mahinda Amaraweera and Lasantha Alagiyawanna will take part in this discussion.
The SLFP has been urging the SLPP to form a common symbol if both parties are to contest jointly at the upcoming presidential election. However, the request has failed to elicit a positive response so far.
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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