Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 30 (ANI): Ahead of the Sri Lankan presidential polls, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the biggest party in the parliament, has decided not to back President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and instead put up its own candidate, the Daily Mirror reported.
Notably, SLPP is the party associated with the Rajapaksa brothers, who held most of the major power positions in the government until a few years ago.
Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa’s party doesn’t back Wickremesinghe, to name their own candidate
