Common Candidate for Presidency Will Raise Head in 2019

 According to the Constitution of Srilanka  next presidential election has to be called in September 2019, said Pivithuru Hela Urumaya General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila . Once the election has been called, they will unveil the candidate. He said the joint opposition “common candidate” will be unveiled in the year 2019. This candidate will attract the interest  of  not only  Srilankans but the whole world.

There are moves to bring forward former Defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa to politics from the Joint Opposition. Meanwhile, some SLFP members are also making an attempt to bring him to politics from the SLFP. However, former president Chandrika Kumaranatunga has on earlier occasions warned that she will leave the SLFP in such an event.

Gammanpila stated that Maithripala Sirisena will most likely  to contest the next presidential election and so will Ranil Wickremesinghe. Since both are responsible for the misdeeds of the present government, the people will need an alternative, he added.