The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is ready to meet and carry out discussions with SLPP presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in the future, party General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday (Aug 12).
Mr Amaraweera was responding to questions posed by journalists.
"The main objective of the Freedom Party is to discuss the country's future," Mr Amaraweera said. "We have already devised a programme to take this country forward."
He said it was the party's intention to discuss this and come to agreement regarding the country's development program.
Meanwhile, Mr Amaraweera also said discussions between the SLFP and the SLPP will continue despite the SLPP naming their presidential candidate.
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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