Representatives of 16 political parties and organisations extended their support to the United National Front's (UNF) presidential candidate, Sajith Premadasa, today (02), to ensure his win at the upcoming election.
Former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa , the elder statesman of the Rajapaksa family, is said to be preparing to hand over nominations for the next presidential elections as an alternative candidate, Rajapaksa aligned website lankacnews.com reports.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Central Committee (CC) that met last night ended without reaching a final decision on the party stance at the upcoming presidential election and the common symbol for the proposed alliance between the SLFP and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
