Northeast minority parties to field their common Presidential candidate

By Yohan Perera   

Minority parties representing the North and the East are  contemplating fielding their own common candidate for the Presidential Elections expected to be held next year, a member representing those  parties said yesterday.   

Accordingly, the parties which represent the North and the East  had decided not to support any main candidate representing the South for  the next Presidential Election. The minority parties in the North  supported Sarath Fonseka in 2010, Maithripala Sirisena in 2015 and  Sajith Premadasa in 2019. However, the North and East parties have  decided to field their own candidate in 2024. 

 
This development comes amidst a meeting of party  representatives which Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawaradena had called in  today to discuss on constitutional reforms.