SLFP to field its own candidate

By Sheain Fernandopulle   

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would field its own candidate at the upcoming Presidential Election, party General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday.   

It was conveyed by MP Jayasekara to the Election Commission.   

Speaking to Daily Mirror he said that they had not yet decided as to who would be the candidate and added it was only the decision. When asked whether the decision would hamper the talks with the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP), MP Jayasekara said he would not think so and added that the talks have not yet come to proper conclusion. Meanwhile, Former SLFP General Secretary Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa told Daily Mirror that the decision was taken after a proposal was unanimously passed at the recently held SLFP Central Committee meeting. President Maithripala Sirisena addressing the SLFP’s 68th Convention said a Government led by the SLFP would be formed in 2020.