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 President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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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