The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will not support current President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the forthcoming Presidential Election, SLPP General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam said.
Kariyawasam announced that the SLPP Central Committee has decided to field its own presidential candidate. He stated that the party is currently evaluating qualified individuals to contest for the presidency, and the candidate with the best chance of winning will be officially named in the coming days.
Additionally, the SLPP Central Committee has decided to take strict disciplinary action against any party member who contests the 2024 Presidential Election without the party’s approval.
When asked by a journalist if it was too late to delay the nomination of a candidate, Kariyawasam responded that they would name the “winning candidate” at the “winning time.”