Former President and leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge

New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa says Field Marshal MP Sarath Fonseka will be tasked with addressing the issue of national security.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder and National Organiser, Basil Rajapaksa yesterday (8) met with Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Leader, President Maithripala Sirisena and several SLFP seniors for a discussion to secure the SLFP’s support for the SLPP’s presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

President Maithripala Sirisena has stepped down from the leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and has appointed Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa as the temporary party leader to head the party during the presidential election.

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Chandima Weerakkody has sought the intervention of the leadership of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to resolve the internal strife brewing within the party.

United National Party (UNP) MP Hirunika Premachandra, while denying reports that she was trying to forcibly enter the office of the Elections Commission yesterday (7), says that a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s supporters had behaved in an undignified manner.

Former Northern Provincial Council member M.K Shivajilingam has been put forward to contest

President Maithripala Sirisena had called for a Central Committee meeting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (06) night to decide on the steps the party should take on the upcoming presidential election.

Former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M Hizbullah is said to have decided to contest in the upcoming elections