Maithripala Sirisena Will Definitely Contest Next Presidential Election

State Minister of Public Enterprise Development Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana  while speaking at the SLFP press briefing in Colombo yesterday  (17), said that President Maithripala Sirisena will definitely contest the next Presidential Election if the Constitution is not changed somehow.

He said that President Sirisena was chosen as the Common Candidate at the last presidential election because the other parties did not have a candidate that could have won.  “We will see how they form a government without the President,” he said.

Certain MPs who have entered Parliament for the first time are challenging the President’s executive powers, he said.

Further he said it is not that the President is unaware about executive powers, it is that he is making sure those powers are not misused.  State Minister  Lakshman Yapa warned thatthose who think that is a weakness of the President are gravely misunderstanding the situation.