The UNP is 500 percent confident of winning the forthcoming presidential elections, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today (Jan 14).
Addressing a meeting with politburo members of the Nikaweratiya electorate, MP Kariyawasam also said that the upcoming elections would most probably be a presidential poll.
Speaking further he said that instead of playing politics it is important to win the provincial council, parliamentary and the presidential polls and establish a government for 10 years.
He also added that the United National Front was capable of doing so by forming a coalition with other parties.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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