Some UNP MPs under pressure to back Sajith

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A few MPs have complained to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that they were under pressure from some ministers to place their signatures on a petition seeking presidential candidacy of the party to Minister and UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa, sources close to the Prime Minister said yesterday.

They said these MPs had complained to the Prime Minister when he was in the Maldives on an official visit.

In trying to prevail upon these MPs, these ministers had said that Mr. Premadasa would become the President, and then, he would automatically be the leader of the UNP.

They had threatened to deny the nomination to these MPs in the event of Mr. Premadasa becoming the party leader.

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Haffie Friday, 06 September 2019 06:05 AM

"sources close to the Prime Minister" - who else, Ravi Karunanayake - the most destabilizing and destructive force in the UNP.

Randil Friday, 06 September 2019 07:02 AM

Sajith is a hard worker and the one most suitable...

Clare Friday, 06 September 2019 01:38 PM

Who are these sissy cry babies ... not fit even for the garbage truck

Benjamin George Friday, 06 September 2019 07:39 PM

Certainly.If they cant act for

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